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- david...
Isn’t part of the paradox the nounification of "truth" in English? It seems the closest synonym might be "Tao" which is neither simply static, nor simply dynamic, and not representable, only experienceable.... In my best moments I prefer the tao te ching's version: Do you want to improve the world? I don’t think it can be done. The world is sacred. It can’t be improved. If you tamper with it, you’ll ruin it. If you treat it like an object, you’ll lose it.... - johnky...
Japan’s Meiji Transformation and the Seeds of Later Collapse
I was just learning about the Meiji generation which modernised Japan. They approached Western society with humility and pragmatism, sending missions abroad to study foreign systems and institutions, and adapting what they saw as effective....