#531 - Russ Roberts - An Economist’s Guide To Life’s Big Decisions
Modern Wisdom
Confucius and Confucianism
In the early stages of training, an aspiring confucian gentleman needs to memorize entire shelves of archaic texts. All this rigour and restraint is ultimately aimed at producing a cultivated, but none the less genuine form of spontaneity. Indeed, the process of training is not considered complete until the individual has passed ompletely beyond the need for thought or effort.
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