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Originally Posted by Nucky
Confusion Says, I mean Confucius Says, First and foremost, be faithful to your superiors, keep all promises, refuse the friendship of all who are not like you; and if you have made a mistake, do not be afraid of admitting the fact and amending your ways. NOTHING but words to live by. Nucky Says, I miss those who have made their choices but see the wisdom in doing so. Fraugoofy Says, Peace Out!
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"Confucius insists on symmetry in true friendship, advising, “do not have as a friend anyone who is not as good as you are.”
Can Confucians Have Friends? | Issue 126 | Philosophy Now
If that is a choice you make, and I speak of anyone who feels they may be better than others, you, in my opinion, limit your ability to learn or understand.
His philosophy was not limited to being "
like you, it was much more specific, but your friends indeed need to be lesser than you. I think back on my long long life, and value lessons I have learned from many who in some fashion could have been considered not as good. Older I get, the more I realize how much there is to learn if life from everybody, and how it is just not my nature to even consider myself better than my friends, or for that matter anyone.
I have not read Confucius much at all, but you open the door to a philosophy I could never endorse, but am sure I can learn from.