The Great Learning By Confucius (~500BC)

[dar205]

What the great learning teaches, is to illustrate illustrious virtue; to renovate the people; and to rest in the highest excellence.

The point where to rest being known, the object of pursuit is then determined; and, that being determined, a calm unperturbedness may be attained to. To that calmness there will succeed a tranquil repose. In that

Comments

[leonardomaltese]

I love the straight logic of this. May I ask were it comes from?

I am terribly engrained in my hyper materialist profession and I really appreciate some exercise of reflection on the intangible.

[dar205]

It is its own thing. You can read a translation with commentary here: http://classics.mit.edu/Confucius/learning.html