Western vs Far East philosophy

[Anonymous No.16717593]

How would you differentiate between the two? I feel that Eastern philosophy is not a standalone subject on its own and is much more interlinked with traditional cultural aspects and way of life but does this also apply to Western ones?

[Anonymous No.16717603]

>>16717593
Read "East & West" by Evola, and "East & West" by Guenon.

[Anonymous No.16717614]

>>16717593
Eastern have exhausted their philosophical thinking long ago. the stasis which westerners are experiences now is nothing new for them.
only alien cultural exchange during the nuclear winter can the save the human ontology.

[Anonymous No.16717618]

>>16717593
>but does this also apply to Western ones?
Yes, but you have to understand what philosophy is: in the west there is only Platonism (pythagoreanism, orphism are included here), the rest has nothing to do with philosophy.

[Anonymous No.16717641]

>>16717593
Eastern "philosophy" is closer to religious and moral teachings as well as how you should live your live as a worker ant in a collectivized totalitarian society. Orientalist redditors like it because it's exotic but these people are the male equivalent of that girl who calls herself a witch and buys magic crystals.
Western philosophy is the study of fundamental questions about existence, knowledge, ethics, metaphysics, mind and language.

[Anonymous No.16717648]

what is life vs how to live

[Anonymous No.16717654]

>>16717641
8/10 bait

[Anonymous No.16717666]

>>16717593

For the subject of this essay I have taken Oriental metaphysics. Perhaps it would have been better to have said simply metaphysics unqualified, for in truth, pure metaphysics being essentially above and beyond all form and all contingency is neither Eastern nor Western but universal. The exterior forms with which it is covered only serve the necessities of exposition, to express whatever is expressible. These forms may be Eastern or Western; but under the appearance of diversity there is always a basis of unity, at least, wherever true metaphysics exists, for the simple reason that truth is one.

If this be so, what need is there to deal specifically with Oriental metaphysics? The reason is that in the present intellectual state of the Western world metaphysics is a thing forgotten, generally ignored, and almost entirely lost, while in the East it still remains the object of effective knowledge. Thus it is to the East that one must look if one wishes to discover the true meaning of metaphysics; or even if one’s wish is to recover some of the metaphysical traditions formerly existing in a West which was in many respects much closer to the East than it is today, it is above all with the help of Oriental doctrines and by comparison with them that one may succeed, since these are the only doctrines in the domain of metaphysics which can still be studied directly. As for these, however, it is quite clear that they must be studied as the Orientals themselves study them and one must certainly not indulge in more or less hypothetical interpretations which may sometimes be quite imaginary; it is too often forgotten that Eastern civilizations still exist and still have qualified representatives from whom it is possible to enquire in order to discover the exact truth about the subject in question.

http://www.worldwisdom.com/public/viewpdf/default.aspx?article-title=Oriental_Metaphysics_by_Rene_Guenon.pdf

[Anonymous No.16717692]

>>16717648
This, really. Do not mistake a lack of asking why for intellectual failure. Eastern philosophy has this quality for not asking "why?" because it is an extremely difficult question that cannot particularly have an exact answer. There is nothing wrong with either, it is merely perspective.
>>16717641
>eastern "philosophy"
be gone

[Anonymous No.16717694]

>>16717641>>16717618
>>16717614
>>16717593

>Western philosophy is the study of fundamental questions about existence, knowledge, ethics, metaphysics, mind and language.
this western mental masturbation is glorified by careerist masturbators in academia since Plato.

Plato is the biggest mistake in human history.

Only presocratics are worth reading, but they copied easterners.

[Anonymous No.16717704]

>>16717641
That is Confucianism
>>16717694
Expand on why you hate Plato

[Anonymous No.16717712]

>>16717694

t. wants us all to be lobotomized

[Anonymous No.16717716]

>>16717692
>>16717694
>>16717704
Seething chink worshiping faggots

[Anonymous No.16717723]

>>16717694
Plato was the most “eastern” philosopher in that his teachings were meant to be led to life and transform your self. You evidently never read him, leave this thread.

[Anonymous No.16717724]

>>16717716
Do you think that the two are incompatible with each other?

[Anonymous No.16717728]

>>16717694
Plato is important to philosophy and thinking, you're upset you didn't understand him.
>>16717712
>>16717716
No, there exists things you can respect about Eastern philosophy.

[Anonymous No.16717766]

>The Legalists believed that political institutions should be modeled in response to the realities of human behaviour and that human beings are inherently selfish and short-sighted. Thus social harmony cannot be assured through the recognition by the people of the virtue of their ruler, but only through strong state control and absolute obedience to authority.
That explains it

[࿇ C Œ M G E N V S ࿇ !KNDYYIIins No.16717790]

>>16717593


FALSE DICHOTOMY; «WESTERN PHILOSOPHY», AND «EASTERN PHILOSOPHY», ARE SPURIOUS NOTIONS.

[Anonymous No.16717828]

>>16717790
oh look another schizo bring me up on what your schtick is

[Anonymous No.16717919]

Nobody understands eastern thought but they have a knee jerk reaction to it because "China bad".

[Anonymous No.16718008]

eastern stuff looks interesting but the people into it are among the most easily triggered people on here and the wider internet, I can't imagine it has really imparted anything enlightening or useful if all its (western) students are such bitches

[Anonymous No.16718031]

>>16718008
those are mostly Indians you're interacting with

[Anonymous No.16718294]

>>16717603
no.

[Anonymous No.16718662]

>>16717593

Here’s a rough but accurate guide

Vedanta = Neoplatonic Aristotelianism
Tantra = German Idealism
Buddhism = the Sophists
Vaisheshika = Democritus
Confucianism = De Maistre
Taoism = Hermeticism

[Anonymous No.16719572]

>>16718662
lol this is kekish for all of the right and wrong reasons

[Anonymous No.16719574]

>>16717641
western philosophy is about being gay/tranny, developing a fetish for cuckold

[Anonymous No.16719581]

>>16717716
cope kike boot licking cuck