Parallels between Eastern and Western Philosophy Historically, philosophical ideas have been essentially divided between the east and west. Despite the geographic separation, eastern and western thought pertaining to the human condition and the nature of the cosmos share a common thread. Certain aspect of the European philosophy: existentialism can be found in the Japanese samurai code. The ideas of German philosophers Martin Heidegger and Arthur Schopenhauer resemble the philosophies of Taoism and Buddhism, respectively. The …showed first 75 words of 2536 total…

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