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Old 05-14-2008, 10:59 AM
TakuanSoho TakuanSoho is offline
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Originally Posted by Dom1 View Post
I don't rememebr her saying that anyone is inherently anything.

I think you are missing hte boat completely, nowhere does she even suggest anything close to having people sit idly by and be serfs to "better" people - and those "better" people were merely those who made their own way in the world and didn't need to rely on others. People who had their own independent thoughts.

Have you read any of her works? Which ones talked about people being inherently better than others?
She didn't, in her "paradise" there were tons of "average" people as well. The way to get in wasn't to be an "elite" but to do the best one could with what they had and to stand on one's own two feet. In short, it was an attitude, not an aptitude.
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