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116b. Mastering the Universe vs. Transforming the Self

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The Fourth Theme of Critical Thinking

The fourth theme is about questioning including of convention this is something Socrates very famous for criticism and the popularity of critical thinking partly because we want to criticize and challenge authority. Western learners are in mind focused so they do a lot of thinking about how to use their mind more effectively there's always this focus on mind rightWe'll see more examples of this is it going to sound very abstract for now but we're going to be fleshed out so you know wait for it and it will come. The two most important process of inquiry she says are firstly self expression and secondly challenging authority both things that are so absent in the Eastern view like this is just completely not Chinese at allright.

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