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LEO • 1 card
The problem is to appreciate differences in the basic premises of thought and in the very methods of thinking, and these are so often overlooked that our interpretations of Chinese philosophy are apt: to be a projection of characteristically Western ideas into Chinese terminology.
Alan W. Watts • The Way of Zen
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plato.stanford.eduSunchao Wan
@sunchaowan
HOBBES (1588-1679) is a philosopher whom it is difficult to classify. He was an empiricist, like Locke, Berkeley, and Hume, but unlike them, he was an admirer of mathematical method, not only in pure mathematics, but in its applications.
Bertrand Russell • History of Western Philosophy
Philosophy
Heather • 4 cards
Wai Chung Chay
@wcchay65
An excellent essay from @johnwwright77 on whether “realist liberals” like @danwwang are correct that the situation in the West is solvable through better technocracy or whether I’m right that liberalism is collapsing and the West needs a whole new model of politics. 🔗 in comment.