Kim Hyung-suk

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Kim Hyung-suk or Kim Hyung-seok (Korean: 김형석; Hanja: 金亨錫; born April 23, 1920) is a South Korean writer, philosopher, & professor emeritus of Yonsei University. He taught as a professor at the Department of Philosophy of Yonsei University from 1954 to 1985. He became professor emeritus of the same school after his retirement in 1985.^[1] He was a visiting professor at the University of Chicago and Harvard University. He is the author of a few best-selling books which include Solitude (고독이라는 병) (1960) and The Discourse between Eternity and Love (영원과 사랑의 대화) (1961).^[2][3] He turned 100 in Korean age in 2019.^[4]

Kim Hyung-suk
김형석
Born	(1920-04-23) April 23, 1920 (age 105) Unsan, Heianhoku-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan
Nationality	South Korea
Alma mater	Sophia University
Occupation(s)	Professor in philosophy, writer

Life

Kim was born in 1920 in Unsan, Heianhoku-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan. He spent his childhood at Teaedong, South Pyongan.^[5] He went to Soongsil Middle School where he became acquainted with the poet Yun Dong-ju.^[6] He studied philosophy at Sophia University. In 1947, he moved from North Korea to the South where he taught at Joongang Middle and High School in Seoul for 7 years.^[7] He became a professor of philosophy at Yonsei University in 1954 until his retirement in 1985. In 1985, he became professor emeritus of Yonsei University.

Published works

• Solitude (고독이라는 병, 1960)
• Conversation Between Eternity and Love (영원과 사랑의 대화, 1961)
• Will You Spend the Day in Vain (그대여 이날을 헛되이 보내려나, 1985)
• To Find Meanings of Life (인생의 의미를 찾기 위하여, 1988)
• A Story I Wish to Share with You (그대와 나누고 싶은 이야기가 있다, 1990)
• Hometown with Life and Pine Forest (인생, 소나무 숲이 있는 고향, 1991)
• I Love, Therefore I Am (나는 사랑한다. 그러므로 나는 있다, 1991)
• Doing Philosophy with Hammer (망치들고 철학하는 사람들, 1995)
• Every Child Has a Dream (모든 자녀들에게 꿈이 있다, 1998)
• The World of Philosophy (철학의 세계, 2002)
• My Life, My Faith (나의 인생 나의 신앙, 2012)
• What Makes Us Happy? (우리는 무엇으로 행복해지나, 2016)
• How to Believe (어떻게 믿을 것인가, 2016)
• Upon Living 100 Years (백년을 살아보니, 2016)