中欧社会论坛 - China Europa ForumSeeking for the philosophical roots of the traditional European and Chinese view of the individual and his relation to society
Bart Dessein (Ghent University)
2010
In absolute sense, the question of the relationship of an individual to society essentially is the question whether an individual is thought of as having ‘individual premises’ outside society, or, on the contrary, whether an individual only exists as such ‘within’ society. In this question, the fundamental difference between what became the Chinese and the European tradition - traditions rooted in Chinese and European philosophy respectively - is reflected.