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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.
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That's the thing, isn't it? We revere great thinkers, not necessarily because we agree with a given thinker, but because we see the contribution of the thinker to the whole world's ongoing dialog about human life.
How else does an ardent theist appreciate the work of Nietzsche who claimed that god was dead? Obviously, the theist disagrees with Nietzsche, but even in the disagreement, the fact that Nietzsche eloquently, and with his own unique genius, expresses something relevant to the human condition, to his personal condition and to the condition of his time cannot be ignored - not as some screaming lunatic who's cries cannot be ignored for being so loud and absurd, but as an expression of human life that even the theist can relate to. How many of the great theistic thinkers felt the despair of uncontrollable doubt about God?
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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.
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And when you've stripped all the bones clean, then you break in for the marrow. Read until your eyes bleed, grab a towel, and read some more. Study. If you boil the bone long enough, it crumbles and the marrow is easy to extract - and that's the most nutritious part, the marrow.