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Why is self-knowledge, regarded as the highest philosophical achievement in Asian philosophical systems?

>> No.10093099

Because with self-knowledge you can conquer all things.

>> No.10093164

>>10093099
A somewhat generic answer but the response is appreciated non the less. Any one else able to go further in depth on this subject.

>> No.10093196

How to truly understand anything without understanding oneself first?

>> No.10093960

Because they were pagans laboring in darkness unenlightened by the divine revelation of Christ.

>> No.10094047

>>10093164
yagotta transcend words

>> No.10094049

>>10093080
Because your own perception is the only thing directly accessible to your own perception and therefore the only thing you can make accurate assessments about (empirically). We can not know the world is real without knowing our eyes are real. We do know that we experience perception.

>> No.10094061

>>10093080
It isn't because most Asian philosophical systems conclude that the self is empty.
Western philosophy on the other hand has been cultivated around fertilization of the self for at least the past two thousand years.

>> No.10094065

>>10093080
because their hive-mind couldn't apprehend God is the supreme entity, so they made themselves supremes.

>> No.10094068
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10094068

>>10093080
knowledge begins when you realize there is no self
only then you can follow the True Will

>> No.10094083

>>10093080
Gnothi seauton!

>> No.10094185

>>10094049

The fact that you ostensibly have "direct" access to consciousness, mind, soul, etc. doesn't make your assessments about it more accurate (or less accurate about other objects of experience).

>> No.10094474

>>10093960
This guy is mostly right except that he paints the picture like a loser Christian, and also ignores that his Christian roots are actually Jewish roots.

Asians don't have heaven and hell. They didn't have the Jewish moral influence on their society. So, they were able to see things more cleanly. The self is the source. By understanding the self deeply, understanding of the world springs forth from that.

They also often promote the nullification of the self as a means of reaching peace, which the West never cared to focus on, and which is why progress accelerated in the West.

>> No.10094476

>>10093080
He who knows himself knows everything

>> No.10094544

>>10094474
>Jewish roots
Wow. I was totally unaware that Jesus based His religion on Talmudic Rabbinical Pharisaism.

How did he get a copy of the Midrash, the Talmud, or the Kabbalah in AD 30? Did He order them on Amazon?

What denomination was He? Reform?

>> No.10094584

Knowing your limits and setting up your expectations accordingly is the key to happiness