| Edward Burnett Tylor - Animism - 1913 - 492 pages
...Caron, ' Japan,' vol. vii. p. 629 ; see Turpin, ' Siam,' ibid. vol. ix. p. 590. 2 Ovid.^Fast. ii. 533. duties due to men, and, while respecting spiritual...our own time the Taepings have made a step beyond Confucius ; they have forbidden the sacrifices to the spirits of the dead, yet keep up the rite of... | |
| George Foot Moore - Religions - 1913 - 692 pages
...can you know about death?" To another, who asked what wisdom is, he answered: " To give one's self earnestly to the duties due to men, and, while respecting spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them." It is not so much single sayings of this kind as the absence of any teaching about the nature of these... | |
| China - 1914 - 636 pages
...ANALECTS. CHAPTER XX. Fan Ch'e asked what constituted wisdom. The Master said, "To give one's-self earnestly to the duties due to men, and, while respecting...beings, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom," He asked about perfect virtue. The Master said, "The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcame... | |
| Frederic Mathews - Social problems - 1914 - 706 pages
...Ibid, XIV. 37, p. »8o. ' Ibid., p. 09. • Ibid. 370 Religion Pt. IV due to men," said the Master,1 "and, while respecting spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom." "While you do not know life" he asks1 "how can you know about death?" Spiritual beings* were among... | |
| Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse - Ethics, Evolutionary - 1915 - 670 pages
...to do with them as possible, and devote themselves instead to their duty towards their neighbours. " To give oneself earnestly to the duties due to men...spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom."7 Nor does Confucius encourage thinking about the future life. Ke Loo asked about serving the... | |
| Confucius - Confucian ethics - 1915 - 356 pages
...sayings have been quoted elsewhere; and of them these only are reproduced V here: "To give one's self earnestly to the duties due to men, and while, respecting spiritual beings to keep aloof from theftti, may be called wisdom." (Analects, bk. vi., c. xx..) "Ke Loo asked about serving the spirits... | |
| American Society for Psychical Research - Parapsychology - 1916 - 822 pages
...surrendering one's self to attempts to communicate with the unseen is shown as follows: " To give one's self earnestly to the duties due to men and while respecting spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them may lie called wisdom." " Ke Loo asked about serving the spirits of the dead. The Master said ' While you... | |
| bp. James Whitford Bashford, James Whitford Bashford - China - 1916 - 640 pages
...more openly. On being asked what constitutes wisdom, he replied, "To give oneself earnestly to duties to men, and while respecting spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them — that may be called wisdom." In answer to the inquiry as to how we may best serve the spirits, he... | |
| A. G. de Bruin - Chinese language - 1917 - 298 pages
...consider as far; to keep at a distance. Ijfc j& f$ fljj ||| £ „ PJJ"fjf£H^i (illirfrB') wr'ile respecting spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom (LKGGE). ^ £J _ J^| ^ ^ It^fJI 85 *.*#*« ^Wl^ciV) The king said: "Venerable sir, since you have not... | |
| Joseph McCabe - Religion - 1918 - 326 pages
...by an important personage and forced to express an opinion on the inspiration of life, he said : " To give oneself earnestly to the duties due to men,...respecting spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them — that may be called wisdom." That was a distinct repudiation of the cult of Shangti or any other... | |
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