Bushido: The Soul of Japan by Inazo Nitobé

Bushido: The Soul of Japan

Inazo Nitobé
75 pages
Sublime Books
Jul 2013
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Chivalry is a flower no less indigenous to the soil of Japan than its emblem, the cherry blossom; nor is it a dried-up specimen of an antique virtue preserved in the herbarium of our history. It is still a living object of power and beauty among us; and if it assumes no tangible shape or form, it not the less scents the moral atmosphere, and makes us aware that we are still under its potent spell. The conditions of society which brought it forth and nourished it have long disappeared; but as those far-off stars which once were and are not, still continue to shed their rays upon us, so the light of chivalry, which was a child of feudalism, still illuminates our moral path, surviving its mother institution. It is a pleasure to me to reflect upon this subject in the language of Burke, who uttered the well-known touching eulogy over the neglected bier of its European prototype. Read more Continue reading Read less FROM THE BACK COVER
Hace un siglo, cuando Japón dejaba de ser una sociedad feudal aislad para convertirse en una nación moderna, un educador japonés se preguntó sobre la ética de su pueblo, dando a luz esta fecunda obra que le convirtió en el autor japonés más conocido en Occidente. Él encontró en el bushido, «el camino del guerrero», el origen de las virtudes más admiradas por su pueblo: la rectitud, el coraje, la benevolencia, la cortesía, la sinceridad, el honor, la lealtad y el autocontrol. Enfocó su tarea desde un punto de vista ecléctico y de amplio alcance. Por un lado, la obra ahonda en las tradiciones autóctonas como el budismo, el sintoísmo, el confucianismo y las directrices morales transmitidas a lo largo de cientos de años por los samuráis y sabios de Japón. Por otro lado, busca similitudes y contrastes, citando no solo a filósofos y estadistas occidentales, sino también a los moldeadores del pensamiento y la civilización europea y norteamericana, retrocediendo hasta los romanos, los griegos y los tiempos bíblicos. --This text refers to an alternate kindleedition edition. FROM THE INSIDE FLAP
--This text refers to an alternate kindleedition edition. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Nitobe Inazo (September 1, 1862 - October 15, 1933) was a Japanese Writer. --This text refers to an alternate kindleedition edition. REVIEW
"Absolutely the best explanation of bushido in the English language." - Nicklaus Suino, author of The Art of Japanese Swordsmanship --This text refers to an alternate kindleedition edition. Read more Continue reading Read less
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Pages 75
Publisher Sublime Books
Published 2013
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