Could be wrong, but I think #Schopenhauer may have just discovered #Mencius 's #孟子 theory of #legitimate #hereditary #monarchy and #rebellion.
「賊仁者謂之賊，賊義者謂之殘，殘賊之人謂之一夫。聞誅一夫紂矣，未聞弒君也。」
「民為貴，社稷次之，君為輕。」
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With melted snow I boil fragrant tea.
- #Mencius
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The Way is a great road. It is not difficult to come to know. People are at fault: they simply do not seek it. Go home and search for it there; you’ll have more than enough teachers.
- #Mencius 6B.2
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To act without understanding and do so habitually without examination, following certain courses all their lives without knowing the principles behind them—this is the way of the multitude.
- #Mencius
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「（お忙しいところ）申し訳ありませんが」 を 「孟子分かりませんが」とタイポ。
... たしかに、四端は自然種なのか、「大人者言不必信行不必果惟義所在」（孟子・離婁下）をどう解釈するかなど、判断が難しいのも事実。
#孟子 #Mencius #四端 #Siduan
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Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
- #Mencius 3B.1
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"If someone unquestioningly accepts everything written in a book as truth, then it would be better for them not to have the book at all."
— #Mencius, ancient Confucian #philosopher
#Confucianism #philosophy #Chinesephilosophy
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RAGE (Retire All Government Employees). Listen to the first 3 minutes & fast forward to minute 15. JD Vance’s guy. This is ALL the “Tech Bro’s” guy. This is what is happening. Speaking of the “Deep State.”
#CurtisYarvin is their guy.. (AKA #Mencius Moldbug)
youtu.be/ZluMysK2B1E?...
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« The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart. »
— Mencius
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#quotes #Mencius #greatness #InnerChild #HumanNature #humanity
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‘This is what we’re going to do’
Yarvin is the originator of the neoreactionary or
“dark enlightenment” movement,
whose early ideas he developed on a blog called
"Unqualified Reservations" in 2007 and 2008
under the pseudonym #Mencius #Moldbug.
He now writes a Substack newsletter under his […]
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With melted snow I boil fragrant tea.
- #Mencius
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People are distressed by their inability to do it. The problem, however, is simply that they don't do it.
- #Mencius (6B.2)
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The Way is a great road. It is not difficult to come to know. People are at fault: they simply do not seek it. Go home and search for it there; you’ll have more than enough teachers.
- #Mencius 6B.2
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"The people are the most important element in a nation; the spirits of the land and grain are the next; the leader is the least." ~Meng Zi
#mengzi
#mencius
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« If the king loves music, there is little wrong in the land. »
― Mencius
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#quotes #Mencius #music #king
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« They who accord with Heaven are preserved, and they who rebel against Heaven perish. »
― Mencius
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#quotes #Mencius #heaven #accord #harmony #symbiosis #nature #HumanNature
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« He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature. »
― Mencius
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#quotes #Mencius #mind #nature
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« The sense of mercy is found in all men; the sense of shame is found in all men; the sense of respect is found in all men; the sense of right and wrong is found in all men. »
― Mencius
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#quotes #Mencius #senses #feelings #HumanNature #humanity
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« The feeling of commiseration is the beginning of humanity; the feeling of shame and dislike is the beginning of righteousness; the feeling of deference and compliance is the beginning of… »
― Mencius
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#quotes #Mencius #feelings #humanity
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« If you let people follow their feelings, they will be able to do good. This is what is meant by saying that human nature is good. »
― Mencius
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#quotes #Mencius #humannature #humanity #goodness #good #feelings #altruism
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« The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart. »
— Mencius
poligraf.tumblr.com/post/7460492...
#quotes #Mencius #greatness #innerchild #HumanNature #humanity
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