<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> In this small essay, attention is drawn to the fact that the way people think and behave is influenced by the conditions of nature. Thinking has experience as prerequisite. In the cooler North, nature is differently perceived than in the warmer South. Consequences result thereof, in what regards how one understands and shapes one’s existence. The differences in mentality and life-style between East and West are largely culture-bound. In Europe as a whole, different conceptions can enrich each other.</p></abstract>

In this small essay, attention is drawn to the fact that the way people think and behave is influenced by the conditions of nature. Thinking has experience as prerequisite. In the cooler North, nature is differently perceived than in the warmer South. Consequences result thereof, in what regards how one understands and shapes one’s existence. The differences in mentality and life-style between East and West are largely culture-bound. In Europe as a whole, different conceptions can enrich each other.

Nature- and Culture-bound Differences between North and South, East and West

Review of Ecumenical Studies Sibiu

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In this small essay, attention is drawn to the fact that the way people think and behave is influenced by the conditions of nature. Thinking has experience as...

Nature- and Culture-bound Differences between North and South, East and West

Published Online: May 17, 2017

Page range: 105 - 114

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ress-2017-0008

Keywords
light-darkness, to want and to accomplish, self overestimation and ministering each other, filioque

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Nature- and Culture-bound Differences between North and South, East and West

Published Online: May 17, 2017

Page range: 105 - 114

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ress-2017-0008

Keywordslight-darkness, to want and to accomplish, self overestimation and ministering each other, filioque

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
light-darkness, to want and to accomplish, self overestimation and ministering each other, filioque