In Chapter1, Nisbett describes the differences between the way of thinking of ancient Greeks and Chinese. He says that the ancient Greeks had a strong sense of their individual independency while ancient Chinese emphasized on harmony. He insists that this fundamental difference made further differences such as the social forms, self-understandings, philosophical assumptions, and scientific approaches.
I think that his ideas are reasonable but these differences has much less to do with the differences of present Easterners and Westerners than he thinks because of the effect of other area's thoughts. Why did he ignore all of those regions such as India and South America? I think these civilizations are worth discussing.
PS I was very interested in the spirit of Taoism!
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