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Kaibara Ekken
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Kaibara Ekken (貝原 益軒; December 17, 1630 – October 5, 1714) or Ekiken, also known as Atsunobu (篤信), was a Japanese Neo-Confucianist philosopher and botanist.
Quotes
The end of learning is the formation of character.
Ten Kun (1710) sec. 2. Reported in Bernard E. Farber (ed.) A Teacher's Treasury of Quotations (McFarland & Co, 1985) p. 13
The five worst infirmities that afflict the female are indocility, discontent, slander, jealousy, and silliness.
Onna Daigaku (c. 1729) sec. 6. Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain, Women and Wisdom of Japan (London: John Murray, 1905)
External links
Category:Philosophers from Japan
Category:Botanists
Category:1630 births
Category:1714 deaths