Philosophy: The Self-Destructive West and the Stillness of the East

The definition of philosophy, required for the context of this post: the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence. It can both be argued that there is no division between Eastern and Western philosophy and also that there exists definite divisiveness. Studying both, I’ll certainly concede that there are fundamental similarities as there would undoubtedly be, but each side has its distinctly unique way of perceiving the world through looking at the self. Note that this will be an extremely subjective presentation…