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Mencius (2016) (scholarworks.iu.edu)
oliculipolicula 15 hours ago [-]
Relevant:

When I hear biased speech, I can tell what has obscured the man’s understanding. When I hear excessive speech, I can tell what trap the man has fallen into. When I hear deviant speech, I can tell where the man has strayed. When I hear evasive speech, I can tell at what point the man has exhausted his reasons. When these defects are born in the mind they bring harm to self-governance, and when proclaimed as policies of state, they bring harm to its affairs. If a sage were to arise again, he would surely affirm what I say

P40

This follows that allegory which argues against thinkpieces that inspire DOGE. That said, exhausting reason may not always be a bad (a more biased word for "negative") thing?

2 hours ago [-]
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