 Bertrand Russell Quotes 366 |
Japan, unlike China, is a religious country. The Chinese doubt a proposition until it is proved to be true; the Japanese believe until it is proved to be false.
Source: Bertrand Russell: The Problem of China 1922, p169 (George Allen and Unwin ed.)
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* a brief comment: original text in Japanese, translated with DeepL.com (free version)
It is possible that the character of the Chinese has changed considerably since the establishment of the communist regime in China. However, while the "way of thinking" of the Japanese may have changed, their "character" does not seem to have changed much. If they had changed, the LDP (= Jiminto: Liberal Democratic Party) regime would have ended long ago. It seems that they continue to have "faith" that "no matter how bad the LDP government is, it is better than a weak opposition party's government. There is no need to "believe" what can be proven by "facts, evidence, and reasoning. Belief in what cannot be proven by "facts, evidence, and reasoning" is "faith," and it seems that Japanese people with such tendencies are a "religious people. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)