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Jiang begins answering why Russians are different by saying the problem is the West, whose thinking derives from British thinking and tends to be narrower than Russian thinking.
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Jiang begins answering why Russians are different by saying the problem is the West, whose thinking derives from British thinking and tends to be narrower than Russian thinking.
Jiang argues empiricism is true in one sense but limits imagination because it distrusts what lies beyond experience.
Jiang contrasts British logic, where every step must connect, with Russian intuition, where one can jump and imagine without strict logic.
"...when we talk about the West, Western thinking, it comes from British thinking. And there are three distinct characteristics of British thinking that's different..."
"And to understand the difference, what you do is you read British literature and compare it with Russian literature, okay? And then British literature,..."
"So there are forces we don't understand. There are individuals who are prophets, who are sent to us by God. We can never know..."
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