Julie Steiner said: "Certain strands of Western thought distinguish between contrasting things in terms of polar opposition--good vs. evil--while certain strands of Eastern thought tend to see contrasting things in terms of balance: Everything yang has some yin in it, and vice versa, and the purity of an extreme is to be avoided, not sought."
With all due respect to Julie, I think a lot of us tend to generalize about ("certain strands of") Western vs. Eastern thought and perhaps valorize the latter. I wonder if there's really that much difference historically.
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