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There is no barrier between you and other humans because other humans only exist within you. You share nothing with them, they are simply a quality of you. If my identity is in my mind, so are you, and everyone else. Even if one may be a mistaken construct on my part it is no less substantial.
This has nothing to do with him thinking he is some kind of elected person Who has god on his side while he gives loans with interests
Agreed.
Ming jiao hu wong lingzi wo shi ri.
We live in a society that has killed god and buried him. His grave is tended but it won't be long until its forgotten.
Philosophy as a concept is an inherently Western tradition. No such thing as "Chinese philosophy". You can call it wisdom or whatever, but its not philosophy.
This is the "Asian philosophy isn't a big canonical conversation like it is in the west" thing, right?
I've heard this a lot but I find it very hard to believe. Well, all ridiculously broad statements are hard to believe, but this one even moreso. China had a vast literary tradition which absolutely conversed with itself -- why not philosophy, too?
He wouldn't know, user, he's just a memester on the interwebs.
Do we even know how much literature was lost thanks to Mao and his cultural revolution?
Mao dindu nuffin. The cultural aspects of the cultural revolution are greatly exaggerated by the butthurt Taiwanese, who, among other things, actually claim that their shitty writing is better than simplified.
Obviously lots and lots of people died.