Ausencia. Acerca de la cultura y la filosofía del Lejano Oriente Quotes

“Thinking is the result of 'a lucid courage for essential anxiety.' The beginning of thinking is not trust in the world but anxiety. Thus, thinking bravely exposes itself to the 'silent voice that attunes us to the horror of the abyss.”
― Byung-Chul Han, Ausencia. Acerca de la cultura y la filosofía del Lejano Oriente

“Despite all their differences, the Greek temple and the cathedral are both towering. A Buddhist temple never appears to tower, as a Greek temple does. The spatial characteristics of the Buddhist temple are not those of standing or steadfastness, the fundamental traits of essences. Buddhist temples in the Far East are also often to be found in forest clearings, surrounded and protected by mountainsides. And they lie aside, whereas cathedrals and Greek temples mark and occupy the centre. In this sense, too, Buddhist temples are absent.”
― Byung-Chul Han, Ausencia. Acerca de la cultura y la filosofía del Lejano Oriente