Skip to content
East and West
  • Preface
  • Where Do We Come From: Dao (道) vs God (神)
    1. 1Why, When and How Did the Concepts of the Dao and God Take Shape?
    2. 2The Dao and God: Where Do Nature and the Cosmos Come From, and How Do They Move?
    3. 3How Do the Dao and God Treat Human Beings?
    4. 4The Dao and God: The Axes of Eastern and Western Civilization
  • Who Are We: The Unity of Mind and Body (心身一體) vs the Struggle of Spirit and Flesh (靈肉鬪爭)
    1. 1The Western Civilization of Worshipping the Mind (精神)
    2. 2Is the Mind (精神) More Important Than Instinct (本能)?
    3. 3Theories of Human Nature in East and West: Does Human Nature Change, or Is It Fixed?
    4. 4How Can Human Beings Be Good Without God?
  • Where Are We Going?
    1. 1Since When Has the West Ruled the World?
    2. 2The Rise of the Nation-State in East and West, and the Birth of Political Economy
    3. 3The Political-Economic Gap Between East and West: The Conflict of Private and Public Interest vs Their Convergence
    4. 4Where Is the AI Revolution Driving Us? Polarization vs Shuzhi (術治)
    5. 5Notes
Concepts Search

Bookmarks

No bookmarks yet. While reading, press the bookmark button at the lower right and the spot is kept here.

Language · English (US)

  • 한국어
  • 日本語
  • 繁體中文(台灣)
  • 繁體中文(香港)
  • 简体中文
  • ไทย
  • বাংলা
  • தமிழ்
  • हिन्दी
  • اردو
  • فارسی
  • العربية
  • עברית
  • Монгол
  • Русский
  • Українська
  • Ελληνικά
  • Filipino
  • Bahasa Indonesia
  • Tiếng Việt
  • Bahasa Melayu
  • Kiswahili
  • Türkçe
  • Română
  • Polski
  • Magyar
  • Svenska
  • Čeština
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • Italiano
  • Deutsch (Schweiz)
  • Nederlands
  • Français (France)
  • English (UK)
  • Español (España)
  • Português (Portugal)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Français (Canada)
  • English (US)
  • Español (Latinoamérica)
100%
A A
Display

Search the text

Search needs JavaScript to be turned on.

Several words separated by spaces must all appear. Press / on any page to come here.

Choi Young-jin, East and West, in three parts · About the author

Choi Young-jin’s comparison of the Eastern and Western civilizations. The text follows the author’s manuscript; only typos and verified factual slips are corrected.

Translated from the author’s Korean. The Korean original remains the authoritative text. 한국어 원문

To report an error or suggest a better wording, use the button on the reading pages.

This site and all its translations were made together with Claude. ·