中西与方文化比较 宇宙观.ppt

Lines and Circles:A Contrastive Study of Western and Chinese Cultures环性与线性 —— 中西文化比较(Part I); ; ;; w;What is culture? ;Culture consists of patterns, explicit and implicit of and for behavior acquired and transmitted by symbols, constituting the distinctive achievement of human groups, including their embodiment in artifacts; the essential core of culture consists of traditional (historically derived and selected) ideas and especially their attached values. Culture systems may, on the one hand, be considered as products of action, on the other hand, as conditioning elements of future actio