Xunzi (Xun Kuang) · Philosophy
Xunzi’s <em>Encouragement of Learning</em>: the conviction that a human being is not fixed at birth but made by lifelong study and practice. Through steady accumulation, the right teacher, and immersion in good influences, the raw self is transformed - as dye drawn from the indigo plant comes out bluer than the plant. The gentleman is not born; he is made.
You learned that Xunzi’s Encouragement of Learning holds that we are made, not born - that through ceaseless accumulation, the guidance of a teacher, and good environment the raw self is transformed (blue drawn from indigo comes out bluer than indigo), and the gentleman differs from others only in being ‘g…
Leads to John Dewey.
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