The author argues that the Greeks had a highly unusual and unusually
developed “sense of personal agency”. These sense of individualism coincided
with an equally developed curiosity. This, in turn, led them to cultivate learning
as an important social and leisure activity. This contrasts sharply with the
Chinese sense of “collective agency”, through which individuals nourished their
sense of self through social relations, contributing to group goals, and “carrying
out prescribed roles.” This emphasis on belonging and contributing diminished
confrontation, debate, and curiosity.
The author argues that the Greeks had a highly unusual and unusually
developed “sense of personal agency”. These sense of individualism coincided
with an equally developed curiosity. This, in turn, led them to cultivate learning
as an important social and leisure activity. This contrasts sharply with the
Chinese sense of “collective agency”, through which individuals nourished their
sense of self through social relations, contributing to group goals, and “carrying
out prescribed roles.” This emphasis on belonging and contributing diminished
confrontation, debate, and curiosity.
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