Can't read much because paywall. China... you know their name means "the center" (or "the middle" if you prefer the inoffensive interpretation). The thing with a center is there can only be one, and very far east of Athens. They have struggled throughout the 20th century to establish that there is such a thing called "Chinese philosophy" as it would be a unified, logical, coherent body of knowledge. Ironically it was to measure up their national ego with the "Western philosophy" (the continuity of dialogue throughout centuries). Unfortunately for them, they don't measure up when using that yard stick. (They could measure using other ways than confrontation). Now it seems they've decide to beat that dead horse again but the new strategy is to deny the existence of Western philosophy? Like these guys existence meant so much anyway.. look at Plato, we're not even half sure what came from him or not. What matters is what's written and the continuous dialogue throughout history. They can say what they want but I can still read all these sources and participate in the dialogue if I want to. They can't have that.
dr_dshiv|2 years ago
What are you talking about? While there may be a few spurious letters and dialogues, Plato is about as complete as we could possibly hope for.