I'm reminded of a comment that I made in reading Joseph Campbell years ago: the east has inner peace, but the west invented freedom.
In the west we suffer, we have to deal with sin, we have to take responsibility for our lives and for choosing well.
All of which flourishes in the enlightenment into the idea of political freedom and self-determination.
All of which flourishes in the enlightenment into the idea of political freedom and self-determination.
In the east, there are paths to transcending suffering and escaping the cycle of death and rebirth.
All that is expected of you is that you comport yourself appropriately for each of your social roles. (Extreme example: caste systems.)
All that is expected of you is that you comport yourself appropriately for each of your social roles. (Extreme example: caste systems.)
Going by Vervaeke, it seems like free will was invented in the Axial age with the idea of an open, influence-able future.
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