The struggle to which this will to power led has left deep effects upon the whole of western thought.
His teaching is "still one of the most potent elements in Western religious thought."
What you're up against is the great unknown, the void of all Western thought.
He notes that all further differences between traditional and Western thought can be understood as a result of this factor.
At the same time he was exposed to many aspects of Western philosophical and political thought.
It was the most wholly Western thought he had had in seven years.
Nevertheless, the Orient stands today in great need of learning from western thought, literature and art.
The encroachment of Western thought is measured in large and small gestures.
Vivekananda as a student was educated in contemporary Western thought.
This is followed by an equally long section that almost seems an attempt to recapitulate the history of Western thought.