East-West Dichotomy

The East-West dichotomy; http://www.east-west-dichotomy.com Thorsten Pattberg

East and West - The conceptual constrasting between Eastern societies and Western societies. A new world order. The decline of the West and the rise of China.

"The East-West dichotomy is a philosophical concept of ancient origin claiming that the two cultural hemispheres, East and West, developed diametrically opposed, one from the particular to the universal and the other from the universal to the particular; the East is more inductive while the West is more deductive. Together they form an equilibrium..."

"东洋文明主静，西洋文明主动,
一个动，一个静，这是一点.
东方是为自然的，西方是人为的;
东方是安息的，西方是战争的;
东方是消极的，西方是积极的;
东方是依赖的，西方是独立的;
东方是苛按的，西方是突进的;
东方是因袭的，西方是创造的;
东方是保守的，西方是进步的;
东方是直觉的，西方是理智的;
东方是空想的，西方是体验的;
东方是艺术的，西方是科学的;
东方是精神的，西方是物质的;
东方是灵的，西方是肉的;
东方是向天的，西方是立地的;
东方是自然支配人闻的
西方是人闻征服自然的.

[The Eastern civilization is static,
while the Western civilization takes initiative;
one is active, while the other is passive, so much for that.
The East harmonies with nature, the West conquers it;
The East is tranquil, the West is aggressive;
The East is introvert, the West is extrovert;
The East is dependent, the West is independent;
The East is reserved, the West is advancing;
The East is submissive, the West is creative;
The East is conservative, the West is progressive;
The East is intuition, the West is reason;
The East is spiritual, the West is empirical;
The East is humanistic, the West is scientific;
The East is mind, the West is matter;
The East is spirit, the West is substance;
The East is inductive, the West is deductive;
The East takes man and nature as inseparable parts;
the West takes man as the conqueror of nature.]"
(Li Dazhao, 1888-1927)

Others: Masao Abe, Janet Abu-Lughod, Hannah Arendt, Peter Berger, Confucius, Charles Darwin, Jared Diamond, Dong Zhongshu, Albert Einstein, James Flynn, Michel Foucault, Walter Freytag, Francis Fukuyama, Mahatma Gandhi, Goethe, Habermas, Haeckel, Gunnar Heinsohn, Samuel Huntington, Edmund Husserl, Ibn Khaldun, Linda Hutcheon, Lao Zi, Leibniz, Levi-Strauss, Kishore Mahbubani, Mao Zedong, Karl Marx, Mencius, Max Mueller, Joseph Needham, Nietzsche, Richard Nisbett, Schopenhauer, Schelling, Wu Kuangming, etc.

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[KillBaddBugz]

Oh --- This is the weirdness of it -- You are not suggesting that (geopolitically), WE are somewhat of an example of the Ying and Yang annd...-- life as a balance right here and right now LITERALLY??? Sorry if I appear dim, for I may have unique interpretations than from the others...  = ) If so, Gommenesai, friend! * u *

[lodproductions90]

@KillBaddBugz Yes, literally. That's what the East-West dichotomy is all about. It also has to do with the two hemispheres of our brain. Some people think more analytically, others more holistically. Natural selection says that traits that help you in any particular environment, will be transferred to the next generation. Imagine now, that all your friends were artists. Now it would be helpful to be one yourself. In a country of Christians, you better be Christian, and so on.

[lodproductions90]

@KillBaddBugz Over the last 2000 years, Europe has been Christianized. Where have all the originally people gone, that initially did not believe in the first cause, God? Right, they were prosecuted, killed, laughed at. But in China, no one believed in a God, because the world was seen holistically, with men and heaven not seperated but one. If you look at the West, it seems imbalanced. So does the east. Only together, it all makes sense again: it is an equilibrium. What the West could not do...

[lodproductions90]

...the east did, and vice versa. :-)

[lodproductions90]

@KillBaddBugz Also, read: Master and Emissary by Ian McGilChrist. It is about how the two hemispherese of our brain created the Western world, that prefers the analyctical over the intuitive brain. Ian is a psychiatrist from Oxford University.

[lodproductions90]

@KillBaddBugz And also read: Richard Nisbett's Geography of Thought. It's the same idea: Westerners and Asians think differently, because of the East-West dichotomy in human cognitive abilities.

[BrutalTruthMediaMaui]

the arrogant analytical consciousness of the western world has done nothing but bring down the consciousness of the whole planet,we live in a very dark age on the earth where the dark forces are reigning in governement,but not for long,at some point gods wrath is going to come crashing down on their sinister heads ,dont stop praying for humanity & the planet

[MarcusAurelianus]

Quite true! The Easter & Western philosophies are totally complementary, and neither of them is WHOLE without the other!

It would be fascinating to see a combination of VOLTAIRE with CONFUCIOUS

GREAT VIDEO!!! My sincere congratulations!

[olylifter69kg]

nah its actually the west that is effeminate, words mean everything in the west while it doesnt count for shit in the east

[KillBaddBugz]

@BrutalTruthMediaMaui Well as for me? I don't like to say that kind of dialogue much, unless severely provoked into it if u catch my drift. I see it as merely giving them power by uttering the very Words. To me? best strategy is to treat them as the no-nothing-nil-null illuzionzzz that they ARE. Abracadabre Poof You're gone! XD Hopefully you are picking up on what I'm laying down. I do not fear them. I fear only God. Really. Honestly. To me? He makes the call, if and when a call is to be made.

[BrutalTruthMediaMaui]

@KillBaddBugz heah,i do light work,prayer work,decree &meditation for the planet,even in these sacred scriptures that speak of how important it is to stay a positive frequency so we can hold light for the planet,even they are warning us that because of a great shift,a new age is coming,where the light again will rule the earth &cosmos,but until the shift,dark forces are tripling their armies because they know that they will eventually be vanquished by gods wrath in this coming new age ofAquarius

[KillBaddBugz]

@BrutalTruthMediaMaui Hey there Bud! Online! Well, sure -can't be denied - much of that you say. But you know...for me? I try to see the bright side of life, contrary to what some strangers may believe. That is to say that---twist it around and upside down--- and there you have it! A paradigm shift! Everything's gonna be fine!

[BrutalTruthMediaMaui]

@KillBaddBugz these are the dark ages,every spiritual text will tell us this,w/ the chemclouds and all the toxins and poisons in our foods/water,as well as the constant brainwashing from the highest levels in government,education & science (nasa) its amazing many of us are still consciously awake and freed from the illusion of the blinded one mass mundane consciousness that has kept the duped masses sleepwalking,an evil plan to deliberately enslave the minds of all from the light of god/truth

[KillBaddBugz]

=D Just saw this one i.e. my inbox. Agreed very much and this is what I mean that we are ever-evolving tangible and spiritual beings. Tangible--in dynamic evolution of mind. (Or thought processes, if you like). But in another aspect as well, friend (tangible) Dynamic in the physiological/biological sense also friend. A sort of hyperevolutionary creature. When you go and learn some more concerning the field of epigenetics we can talk more about it. have a wonderful weekend!

[KillBaddBugz]

@BrutalTruthMediaMaui Agreed, friend. It is a most tangled wed by deliberate DESIGN. They seek a complete CONTROL GRID of every entire aspect of our lives in no uncertain terms! Yes! For me? I just don't think it could be any clearer! Very Well said.

[KillBaddBugz]

Respond to this video. & as for the part on the aspects for Christianity in regard to Nationalism? Well, let's just presume u r speaking of US, & I would have to take issue with that!. that is to say that our comparatively young culture was still founded on good and respectable ideals, and the entire founding philosophy was based on the freedom of individuals to express and practice their various Faiths without persecution. But you see, that's not really the case today..is all but a holy war!

[KillBaddBugz]

@lodproductions90 Whoa that's alot of replies friend! lol 1st off, while I would generally agree with much, there are in fact many other issues to be taken into acct. beyond the mere psych. tweaking. That is to say that one must also consider the anthropomorhpology elements. As for the Christianity? Well it has been likely vulgarized and put within it's own trapped paradox. Facts are brutal, in that they have committed extremely vile and murderous acts in the olde thwarting of the Faith.