Synthesized answer
The passages suggest that a Chinese approach to understanding transformations, as argued by Jullien, offers a more flexible way of comprehending everyday changes [1]. This approach provides insightful perspectives for considering our relation to history and nature [1].
Specifically, a Chinese approach may reveal occasions where yielding to situations is more effective than direct confrontation [1]. The passages do not elaborate further on other practical implications.
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From the book
Title: The Silent Transformations by François Jullien Description: "To grow up is to grow old. With time, great love can turn into indifference. And even the most earnest revolution can imperceptibly become its own system of privilege and corruption—just as global warming has slowly modified the climate by degrees. Jullien argues that our failure to notice the effects of cumulative changes over time is due to Western thought’s foundations in classical Greek philosophies of being, which encourage thinking in terms of determined forms and neglect the indeterminable nature of the transition…
s that our failure to notice the effects of cumulative changes over time is due to Western thought's foundations in classical Greek philosophies of being, which encourage thinking in terms of determined forms and neglect the ...