20-09-2013, 12:10 PM
David Guyatt Wrote:The argument is that the east seeks perfection in oblivion - whereas the western mind seeks knowledge and understanding.
Your thoughts, please, on a variation that jumps to mind: The eastern mind seeks perfection in oblivion -- whereas the western mind seeks oblivion in perfection.
David Guyatt Wrote:And over the ages they have been wrapped in all sorts of religious mumbo-jumbo[.] [emphasis added]
Or, to use a deep politics term of art, cover stories.
Marvelous exchange, by the way.