Eastern Enlightenment ("Erleuchtung") overcomes corruption by desire. Western Enlightenment ("Aufklärung") overcomes corruption by untruth. Both attempt to achieve integrity of the mind.
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From an appreciation of civilizational achievements as a multifaceted whole, to a cheap caricature where Asians somehow 'complement' European Reason.
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I think that from a philosophical perspective, each idea must be evaluated on its own merits, not as part of a culture. Cultures are substrates of memetic evolution, but it does not do thinkers justice when we reduce them to cultural identities. Every mind is a complete universe.
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