#but i don't think i've ever found chinese philosophers who define good and evil. might be lack of trying

[rubberbandballqueen]

so much of philosophy in the english speaking world is derived from like white european men and like they have interesting takes and stuff but they tend to all get tangled in the same questions over and over again simply because being able to communicate so freely like that over a very long period of time, building on each other’s ideas, will kind of just make an inbred school of thinking, if you get what i’m saying, but all the books in our house on chinese philosophy are like, in chinese, and i am an illiterate buffoon

#would love to translate them but then i'd also practically need to get a master's in chinese history as well #we have an english translation of confucious tho so that's nice but ahh i'm a little curious abt smth more modern #not that many of our chinese philosophy books are modern unless they relate to the gospel or anything #as i said a few days ago Why Do We Have Five Copies Of The I Ching (exception made for the plaintext ver) #i'm sure there's someone out there who's done a non-racist analysis on the similarities and differences in eastern n western philosophy #i've personally put too many skill points into stem at this point in my life so i don't have the foundation to do it myself hahaha #i think as i go through life i'll pick up more skills and get to it eventually but it'll be slower due to other stuff i do w/my life #the worm speaks #and also to understand a lot of chinese philosophy you must study confucious that's like the man himself bro #idk maybe i'm so curious bc in reading and t/l sanzijing i found myself agreeing with a lot of the ideals presented in it abt good character #and how you need to be strict in order to enforce these things #'when humanity first was new all were innately good; however tho they start from the same place teaching leads them down #far and distantly diverging paths' #idk maybe it's bc i find that philosophy aligns well with how i've become 'a good person' or bc it was always in the bg of the local culture #but i don't think i've ever found chinese philosophers who define good and evil. might be lack of trying