A Korean explains "What can Confucianism do for America?"
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A Korean explains "What can Confucianism do for America?"
by Azrael » Thu Jun 02, 2011 10:32 pm
Eat and drink what you like. Speaking English is apparently what kills you.
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Re: A Korean explains "What can Confucianism do for America?
by Torchwood » Sun Jun 05, 2011 12:16 am
That has nothing to do with Confucianism or American individualism, just insularity.
Pessimism is the soft option.
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Re: A Korean explains "What can Confucianism do for America?
by Azrael » Thu Jun 09, 2011 12:07 am
I think that a relevant saying, which those with an excessively "individualistic" Weltanschauung should bear in mind, is "no man is an island". It could save them from much folly. Perhaps John Donne saw a connection between insularity and an excessively "individualistic" Weltanschauung.
If he did, being an Englishman of his era with a Catholic background may have had something to do with it. Someone from an English Catholic background might see English Protestants as both excessively individualistic and insular and a Korean might view American WASPs the same way.
If he did, being an Englishman of his era with a Catholic background may have had something to do with it. Someone from an English Catholic background might see English Protestants as both excessively individualistic and insular and a Korean might view American WASPs the same way.
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Re: A Korean explains "What can Confucianism do for America?
by Colonel Sun » Thu Jun 09, 2011 4:55 am
It's always easier to perceive the shortcomings of other rather than one's own.
Never criticize anyone until you've walked several kilometres in their shoes.
Because
1. You're now several kilometres away; and
2. You've got their shoes.
Because
1. You're now several kilometres away; and
2. You've got their shoes.
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Re: A Korean explains "What can Confucianism do for America?
by Azrael » Thu Jun 09, 2011 5:00 pm
Eat and drink what you like. Speaking English is apparently what kills you.
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Re: A Korean explains "What can Confucianism do for America?
by Colonel Sun » Thu Jun 23, 2011 12:24 pm
Last edited by Colonel Sun on Thu Jun 23, 2011 8:13 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Never criticize anyone until you've walked several kilometres in their shoes.
Because
1. You're now several kilometres away; and
2. You've got their shoes.
Because
1. You're now several kilometres away; and
2. You've got their shoes.
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Re: A Korean explains "What can Confucianism do for America?
by Azrael » Thu Jun 23, 2011 7:42 pm
I guess the Koreans could teach Americans how to act like the French.
Eat and drink what you like. Speaking English is apparently what kills you.
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Re: A Korean explains "What can Confucianism do for America?
by Colonel Sun » Thu Jun 23, 2011 8:16 pm
Never criticize anyone until you've walked several kilometres in their shoes.
Because
1. You're now several kilometres away; and
2. You've got their shoes.
Because
1. You're now several kilometres away; and
2. You've got their shoes.
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