>he's still on the "start with the Greeks"

>>9747206
no

>implying you can understand a foreign weltanschauung without starting from the greeks all the way up to heidegger first

Waste of time. You aren't going to understand them in translation, as they are impossible to translate.

>>>/r/asianmasculinity

>>9747206
Isn't I Chink just some stupid fortuen teller book?

>>9747206
I'll take Asian philosophy built on hierarchy, honour and tribal shame that inevitably collapsed so they ended up importing western communism then capitalism Alex!

>>9747206
All of Asian thought has already been done better in the west. It's fine for novelty, but doesn't have anything of value to offer.

>>9747352
What's the Western version of Taoism? Or Zen Buddhism?

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stoicism

>>9747398
sorry meant for
>>9747370

>>9747398
What's the essential Stoic book? Meditations?

>>9747962
enchiridion
meditations is basically an ancient memo written by ur dad

>>9747266
The existence of a decent number of translations would suggest otherwise.

>>9747206
Because western thought is superior in every way and covers all of the same ground

>>9748229
Brainlet detected

>>9748118
You need to read Pierre Hadot's Inner Citadel, pleb.

>>9747342
no, it's a profound work of metaphysics that happens to have a practical application as a divinatory tool.