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[+] bernieecclestoned -9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Eastern philosophy > Western

Western. I think, therefore I am

Eastern. I am, therefore I think

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

What?

I am not sure which is more ridiculous.

Lumping all of western philosophy into one group. (what do you include in this group? Besides Descartes, of course.)

Lumping all of eastern philosophy into one group. (what do you include in this group?)

Reducing both groups to dichotomic catch phrases.

[–] bernieecclestoned -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's the fundamental difference.

Western philosophy is all about thinking, a separate sense of self, rationalism

Eastern, Buddhism, daoism etc is the opposite

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That’s not even close.

[–] bernieecclestoned 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A monk asked Joshu, a Chinese Zen master: `Has a dog Buddha-nature or not?'

Joshu answered: `Mu.'

Translated Mu = no thing

Rationalise that!