Kim Jeong-hui belongs to the philosophical record as a figure whose arguments outlasted the disputes that prompted them.
The record lists Kim Jeong-hui as Korean scholar, calligrapher (1786-1856).
Kim Jeong-hui was born at Yesan County in 1786. His recorded nationality is Joseon.
Enlightenment argument moved philosophy into public life: it was now about government, rights and religion as much as metaphysics.
Philosophy advances by objection: an argument matters if serious people spend years attacking it.
That the work was done from Joseon matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Kim Jeong-hui died in 1856, aged 70. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.
