Park, philosopher, poet and prolific author, at one level also represents the philosophy of Korea in our time. Born in 1930 in Asan, South Chungcheong Province, Park graduated with a bachelor's and master's degrees from the Department of French Literature at Seoul National University, subsequently earning a doctorate in French literature at the Sorbonne, France, and a doctorate in philosophy at the University of Southern California, USA. Ynhui Park has occupied numerous academic positions, including as a professor of French literature at Ewha Womans University, professor of philosophy at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, professor of philosophy at Simmons College, senior researcher in philosophy at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, visiting professor at the International Christian University in Tokyo, and visiting professor at the University of Mainz, as well as holding an honorary professorship at Simmons College and Pohang University of Science and Technology. Park has published over 100 books, including Poetry and Science; Phenomenology and Analytic Philosophy; Philosophies of Laozi and Zhuangzi; Art Philosophy; The Language of Objects; What is Scientific Philosophy?; Before and After Philosophy; Literature and Philosophy; The Crisis of Civilization and the Transformation of Culture; The Margins of Philosophy; The Trials of Reason; Environmental Philosophy; The Key to Reason; The Passion of a Happy Nihilist; The Logic in the Analects of Confucius; The Challenge of Science, the Defense of Philosophy; Do You Have Philosophy in Your Life?; The Why and How behind My Pursuit of Philosophy; Art and Ecology; Existence and Expression, The Traces of Philosophy; L'"Idee" chez Mallarme; Reason and Tradition; Essais Philosophiques et Litteraires; Reality, Rationality and Valus; Man, Language and Poetry; and The Crisis of Civilization and Asian Response, as well as numerous poetry collections, including Snow by the Charles River; The Butterfly's Dream; The Shadow of the Unseen; The Emptiness of an Echo; A Morning Walk; The Rage of an Orphaned Elephant; Broken Words; Zerbrochene Worter; Sschatten der Leere; and L'ambre du Vide.