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“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom." Laozi”
― The Philosophy Book
― The Philosophy Book
“My contention is that all the highest values of humanity have been emptied of this will—that the values of décadence, of nihilism, now prevail under the holiest names.”
― The Antichrist
― The Antichrist
“The Jitong chapter of the Book of Rites says, “There are three ways of caring for one’s parents: when they are alive, look after them; when they are deceased, tend to the death rites; when the death rites have been completed, offer them sacrifice.”
― The Analects
― The Analects
“The Master said, “If a man of position [junzi] does not have integrity, he will not inspire awe.”
― The Analects
― The Analects
“What destroys a man more quickly than to work, think and feel without inner necessity, without any deep personal desire, without pleasure—as a mere automaton of duty?”
― The Antichrist
― The Antichrist
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