Ancient Greek and Asian Cultures

The Asian culture has relied much more on community and networks of people since ancient times. They believed in being a community and creating harmony much more than individuality and liberty. Both of these philosophies have their own benefits and pit falls. In ancient Chinese culture being part of a big social hierarchy was emphasized and people worked together to solve the problems that came up in their world. Since this community worked together, things got done a lot faster and more efficiently. The benefits of this system are a feeling of unity, more thorough and accurate results, and a broader range of experience. On the other end of the spectrum the Greeks who emphasized individuality and personal freedom. They studied separately in order to further advance their curiosities, individual goals, and enhance their unique attributes. The Greeks’ system was beneficial in that any man could do whatever he wanted and the sense of personal agency was everywhere. The Greeks would literally stop wars in order to compete in Olympics. This led to a country of people with a multitude of extremely enhanced talents.