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Exerting a profound influence on Chinese culture for thousands of years, Confucius' doctrine of the Golden Mean promotes a humble, calm way of life. Thus formed the Chinese people's unique psychological quality of disliking self-publicity.
I agree with this also. Taoism, Confucianism and Buddhism seemed to have more embraced the passive. What Nietzsche called nihilistic. A turning away from oneself and life rather than embracing oneself and life. While there is some similarities between these forms of thought and Aristotle's golden mean, they are not quite the same. They can almost be seen as more Christian in what they produce, Aristotle does not look at pity or humility as virtues.
In many ways, by being more rationalistic and passive, Taoism and Buddhism can be seen as embracing the opposite of the golden mean of Aristotle. Nietzsche on the other hand, can be seen to be on the otherside of the extreme, being more empiricist and emotive. While Aristotle is in between on the golden mean, embracing all, by rejecting the two dichotomies.
(Edited by shane hurren on 3/22, 5:51pm)
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If language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant; if what is said is not what is meant, then what must be done remains undone; if this remains undone, morals and art will deteriorate; if justice goes astray, the people will stand about in helpless confusion. Hence there must be no arbitrariness in what is said. This matters above everything.
