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07-06-2009, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by AlexReal View Post
that Europe does not understand Asia and will not understand. Culture etc.
All I can think of

Quote:
"So long as western people imagine that there only exists a single type of humanity, that there is only one 'civilization', at different stages of development, no mutual understanding will be possible. The truth is that there are many civilizations, developing along very different lines, and that, among these, that of the modern West is strangely exceptional, as some of its characteristics show. Today not everyone would agree to the concept of the "bankruptcy of this civilization", but the symptoms are there and while trends of this kind go on over a long period, they tend to accelerate towards the end of a cycle." -René Guénon
He said this in a mundane spiritual context, regarding civilization like a living and breathing life form with emotions. But we can infer how Western culture works out today.

Could it because of the Hegelian thoughts?


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