Mental
What if Intelligence Isn't About Force?
Jullien reveals how Chinese philosophy approaches problems like water finding its path. Instead of forcing through obstacles, true intelligence flows around them, finding the line of least resistance that leads to the most effective outcome.
In Chinese thought, there is no truth to be seized, only a situation to be exploited.— François Jullien
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The thinker
Chinese philosophy interpreter
François Jullien is a French philosopher and sinologist who has spent decades bridging Eastern and Western thought, revealing how Chinese philosophy offers radically different approaches to effectiveness and wisdom.
Based on A Treatise on Efficacy: Between Western and Chinese Thinking, summarised and reframed by Insights.
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