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by sn00tz00t 958 days ago
I'm actually interested in the reasons but I can't view the article unfortunately. Can anyone give bullet points as to why this Jin Cantong person believes Aristotle isn't real?

A lot of westerners really enjoy Chinese history, and some (Western) Christian sects have even incorporated aspects of it such as the yellow emperor (Huangdi) as a special incarnation.

Just wondering if its some lame ideologically subversive thing or they have inconvenient truths for us.

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> I'm actually interested in the reasons but I can't view the article unfortunately.

https://archive.today/VT85I

> Can anyone give bullet points as to why this Jin Cantong person believes Aristotle isn't real? > > Just wondering if its some lame ideologically subversive thing or they have inconvenient truths for us.

It seems to be skepticism that a westerner could achieve more than a Chinese person of the same time period with some misunderstandings thrown in.

Jin said there was zero records of Aristotle until 13th century