These differences between East and West go back to the fundamental differences in the manner in which the axis thought leaders helped to construct the relationships between our individual and collective right and left minds. Nisbett even uses the teachings of Aristotle and Confucius as examples of the 2 different systems of thought. More than a billion people today can claim civilization heritage from the Greeks (including the Americas), more than a billion can claim civilization heritage from Buddha and Hinduism, and more than 2 billion can claim civilization heritage from ancient China and Confucius. These civilizations have different rulebooks on life.