The philosophical discourse of mind, reason, and culture is as old as philosophy itself. The ideal of liberation of individual minds from all kinds of prison is the most sentimental ideal of philosophy and as old and enduring as philosophy itself. Philosophy is claimed by Socrates and Laozi to serve the purpose of liberation of individual minds from all kinds of prison. It is claimed by Plato to be the art of turning the eyes of the soul upward toward the realm of truth and reality and by Confucius and Mencius to be the art of expanding one’s mind, knowing one’s human nature, and uniting one’s mind with the Mind of Heaven and Earth, or Tian (the cosmic mind). It has been understood as an art of liberation, and an institution of liberal art in both East and West. Liberated minds or imprisoned minds, that was the question of philosophy yesterday, is the question of philosophy today, and will be the question of philosophy tomorrow! It is the classic question of philosophy. By “classic” is understood as that which was true and meaningful yesterday, is true and meaningful today, and will be true and meaningful tomorrow. Meanwhile, the philosophical ideal of liberation of individual minds from all kinds of prison brings us back to questions of the nature, constitution, and kinds of mind, reason, culture, as well as questions of the relationships of mind, reason, and culture. This ideal of liberation of individual minds should also be reflected within the horizon of our epoch.