AspiringIdealist
AspiringIdealist t1_ixsfez4 wrote
Reply to comment by FaytKaiser in In classical Chinese philosophy, all actions are collective by CytheYounger
It’s not so much that you have to find a balance between individualism and collectivism, as much as a person should realize that individuality should be preserved because it’s an irreplaceable and part of the collective.
AspiringIdealist t1_ixsezjc wrote
Because they are; Western individualism is ontologically wrong.
AspiringIdealist t1_iy289a3 wrote
Reply to comment by Tomycj in In classical Chinese philosophy, all actions are collective by CytheYounger
There is no way to separate the self from the whole in the same way that a conscious self is distinct from it.