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Because of Western civilization's emergence
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as the exemplary civilization,
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it also presents problems to the whole world.
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The challenges presented by freedom
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and the predominance of reason cannot be ignored,
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nor can they be met by recourse to the experience
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of other cultures where
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these characteristics have not been prominent.
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In other words,
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to understand and cope with the problems that we all face,
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we all need to know and to grapple with the Western experience.
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In my view, we need especially to examine the older traditions