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Western And Eastern Philosophy | Differences

Students are required to keep a weekly journal throughout the semester and submit three entries for assessment. The journal entries should be 400 words in length and will be assessed based on written expression, storytelling ability, and engagement with the course.

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Western And Eastern Philosophy | Differences

Students are required to keep a weekly journal throughout the semester and submit three entries for assessment. The journal entries should be 400 words in length and will be assessed based on written expression, storytelling ability, and engagement with the course.

   Added on 2022-09-01

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Western And Eastern Philosophy 1
WESTERN AND EASTERN PHILOSOPHY
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Western And Eastern Philosophy 2
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WESTERN AND EASTERN PHILOSOPHY
Philosophy is universally described as the study of the knowledge or wisdom regarding
the general problems, situations, and facts connected with human existence, reasons, values, and
general reality. It is true that this definition of Philosophy differs and comes with the problems,
realities, as well as situations of certain individuals like, in this our case, the West and East.
Basically, Western philosophy (WP) is defined as the school of thought mainly from the
philosophy of Greek that influenced the larger part of western civilization. On the contrary, the
EP is primarily based in Asia. Moreover, WP takes its roots from Rome as well as Christianity,
particularly Judeo-Christianity (Wong 2001). On the other hand, Eastern philosophy comes from
Confucianism, Taoism, and Mahayana Buddhism. Therefore, it is true that (EP) Eastern
philosophy remains classical Chinese, whereas (WP) Western philosophy remains more of Latin.
It is true that WP (Western Philosophy) is fragmentary, whereas EP (Eastern philosophy)
remains holistic. Sankara Saranam is one typical philosopher who claims EP is mainly concerned
with general knowledge, whereas WP is concerned with specific knowledge.
Yes, there are some crucial similarities between Western philosophy and Eastern
philosophy. One might compare the fundamental ideas of the Greek philosopher Aristotle and
the Chinese philosopher Confucius and find they remain presenting similar basic concepts. All of
these people believed that virtue remained the uppermost goal an individual might strive for in
the society and that lasting rewards go to an individual who placed virtue above worldly
properties (Fieser 2008). Wonhyo, who was the Korean philosopher, held that virtue is the first
goal an individual might strive for in society. Epictetus, who was the Greek philosopher, also
believed in virtue as being the primary goal an individual might strive for in society. Epictetus
argued that it remains not the circumstances themselves that might trouble individuals, but their
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