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Originally Posted by Ron C. de Weijze  Getting caught up and blinders are not the same as being inspired by and enlightenment. If you want to become Chinese, then by all means study Confucius. Division is different from differentiation and analysis after integration and synthesis where one must be so humble as to know one's own place in the scheme of things (cultural history). |
Confucious was the topic and we've sort of strayed off a bit. There are good things to learn about all areas of philosophy and one doesn't have to be of Eastern decent to look at Eastern philosophy.
There's both good and bad, both negative and positive in all things. Take the meat off the bone and leave the bone. There's truly is something to be learned from all mankind. The only division is the division we've placed upon ourselves and our fellow man. There's one source.
Let's keep this on topic and set cultural differences aside.