The conclusion is that Islamic civilization The key word is "theft", so this is a punitive civilization. Anything that does not conform to its strict moral law will be punished. Such as the cheating person was stoned to death.
When I think of Christian civilization, the key word that pops into my head is "tame". Like the "crusades" or several colonial wars, "civilization" is the "taming" of "barbarism".
Even its concept of love is the same. In "The Little Prince", it is said that when the little prince who traveled around the world saw thousands of roses that were equally delicate and lustrous, he realized that they were no different from the one on his own planet. The only difference is that it was a rose that was tamed by the little prince, a rose that tied his heart to the little prince and made him miss it all the time. Love is a dependency that arises from tameness.
When Wittgenstein commented on Western classical music in his essays in his later years, he also mentioned: "There is a wild beast in all great arts - tameness."
Western science, art, and civilization are probably all born out of tameness. Western civilization is a conquering civilization.
What about China? What are the keywords? Is it "harmony"?
That word does have a certain representation. For example, although "Yang" is higher than "Yin", it does not have absolute dominance, and both arise from "Dao". Lao Tzu also said, "The highest good is like water".
Chinese intellectuals can live in the temple and implement the ideal of kingly politics, and when they retreat, they can practice the inaction of Taoism in the mountains and rivers.
Lack of transcendence and absoluteness, like harmony, tact, leave room, not tough, not persistent, these seem to be the key words.
Could it be that Chinese civilization is this kind of dough-kneading civilization?
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