Thank you for introducing me to the Quote Investigator, a site with a shining mission. Greek and Roman philosophers get credited. Yet in the US, insights from Asian philosophy are attributed to “an old proverb” or “ancient wisdom” instead of the known individuals who wrote them down. A stinking combo of inability to pronounce names and ignorance of history.
I recently finished a delicious book—https://www.worldcat.org/title/man-who-loved-china-the-fantastic-story-of-the-eccentric-scientist-who-unlocked-the-mysteries-of-the-middle-kingdom/oclc/262886569/editions?referer=di&editionsView=true—nominally a biography of the radical Brit who spent a lifetime teaching the West about Chinese history of science. I loved it for all the nifty science and technology stories—mostly, the Chinese were way ahead of the west. (Audio expertly read by author.) I wish I had another three lifetimes to read.
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Date: 2019-03-23 01:55 pm (UTC)Thank you for introducing me to the Quote Investigator, a site with a shining mission. Greek and Roman philosophers get credited. Yet in the US, insights from Asian philosophy are attributed to “an old proverb” or “ancient wisdom” instead of the known individuals who wrote them down. A stinking combo of inability to pronounce names and ignorance of history.
I recently finished a delicious book—https://www.worldcat.org/title/man-who-loved-china-the-fantastic-story-of-the-eccentric-scientist-who-unlocked-the-mysteries-of-the-middle-kingdom/oclc/262886569/editions?referer=di&editionsView=true—nominally a biography of the radical Brit who spent a lifetime teaching the West about Chinese history of science. I loved it for all the nifty science and technology stories—mostly, the Chinese were way ahead of the west. (Audio expertly read by author.) I wish I had another three lifetimes to read.