WITH LIU CHANGLIN
Chinese Academy of Social Science,
Department of Philosophy
TRANSLATED BY HEINER FRUEHAUF
In these translated excerpts from a comprehensive interview, one of China’s leading theorists explores the philosophical differences between Eastern and Western modes of thinking, and how they shaped two distinct systems of medicine: Chinese medicine, described as a medicine of time, and Western medicine, described as a medicine of space.
FROM THE ESSAY COLLECTION LIU CHANGLIN: CHINESE MEDICINE: PHILOSOPHICAL VIEWS ON THE PROFESSIONS
GERMAN TRANSLATION BY MARKUS GOEKE