We must begin to find the untranslatables in each culture and return them to world history.
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b. 1977 Germany
Thorsten J. Pattberg (June 20, 1977 – ) is a German writer, philosopher, and cultural critic from Peking University.
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Let us build the fairest construction the world has ever seen - the global language.
Knowledge is a Polyglot (2019)
The East-West Dichotomy (2009)
The time is ripe for Chinese thought as a global quest for cultural pluralism.
Knowledge is a Polyglot (2019)
Any sage can do philosophy, but not every philosopher is a sage.
Shengren (2011)
The Chinese dragon 'long' is essentially a force of the good.
Knowledge is a Polyglot (2019)
Every culture is unique, none is universal.
Shengren (2011)
The East-West Dichotomy (2009)
The cultural and economic penalty for not recognizing East-Asian talent is immense.
The East-West Dichotomy (2009)
Yes, I am vulgar and fearless, and loudly indifferent to convention and limitation.
Knowledge is a Polyglot (2019)
Western nations act as if they 'own' the globe, history, and all material objects.
The East-West Dichotomy (2009)
Knowledge is a Polyglot (2019)
The shengren is the single most important concept in Chinese history.
Shengren (2011)
Asia is the unifying one, while the West is the destructive other.
The East-West Dichotomy (2009)
China is not only a sage culture, but a living sage culture.
Shengren (2011)
Revive Asian words and promote important key concepts!
Knowledge is a Polyglot (2019)
Few people realize that the Bible discourages people from studying foreign languages.
Knowledge is a Polyglot (2019)
The vocabularies in the world add up, they do not overlap. Translation is something else.
Shengren (2011)
There is nothing paradox about Confucius. He is a shengren.
Shengren (2011)
Knowledge is a Polyglot (2019)
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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Thorsten J. Pattberg (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.