#comparative philosophy

“[Said Aristotle] Contemplation is the highest human activity because it is the most human activity. The Xunzi broadly agrees: ‘to pursue [learning] is to be human, to give it up to be a beast.’”

There is only one way of truth, but different paths from different places join it, just like tributaries flowing into a perennial river.

And perhaps, if we philosophers decided to focus on content rather than reputation, we might find that what can happen at the periphery can also happen in the center. That is to say, if we talked about each other less and read each other more, we might find we actually have something to say, rather than to shout, across the 'border.' In other words, we might find that, within philosophy, fences don't make such good neighbors after all.