Thorsten J. Pattberg Quotes
Top 14 wise famous quotes and sayings by Thorsten J. Pattberg
Thorsten J. Pattberg Famous Quotes & Sayings
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Most American and European scholars believe that the Chinese speak their languages, only that they "talk" in Chinese.
Translation, an archaic way of silencing, marginalizing or disowning other people's originality, must come to an end.
The Four Great Chinese Inventions - compass, gun-powder, paper, and print - are legendary. Less talked about are meritocracy and banknotes.
Not a single Buddha, bodhisattva, or shengren in Europe, but in Asia: all philosophers and saints? What is that probability?
The wisdom of the East is immortalized in its vocabularies and must be liberated from European language imperialism once and for all.
There is a Cult of Western evangelists and self-righteous crusaders who are determined to dislodge non-Western nations and usurp their governments.
Tourists and imperialists do not come to be taught. They call things the way they call things at home.
No matter what China is going to become, China will never recover her true originality if she tries to please the West on Western terms.
Where will they all sleep and dine? How do philosophers party? What should we print on the pillows and promotional cups?
If the humanities were science, the vocabularies of the world's languages would add up, not overlap.