Elias Canetti: 'Die Blendung' mentions Arai Hakuseki (1657-1725): top Japanese government director; famous Confucian scholar; added ceremonies to calendar; built Confucian shrine and study center in Yushima (Edo=Tokyo); supported Buddhism; wrote 'Told round a brushwood fire: the autobiography of Arai Hakuseki'; Canetti cites how A.H. disciplined himself during his studies with two buckets of cold water that he used to pour over his head when he got tired.

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Sacret Texts: Confucianism

Snippets:
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CD: Dietmar Wischmeyer: Der kleine Tierfreund - Im Taumel der Wollust (German, 1991): very funny
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CD: Herbert Knebels Affentheater: Da sind wa schon wieder (German, 1996): cabaret; can go without
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CD: Mucho Macho: The Limehouse Link (1998): cool groove
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CD: Ani Difranco: So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter (2002): Not as good as 'Living in Clip'
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CD: Rosalie Deighton: Truth Drug (2001): received CD from U.K. today, totally unknown in U.S.; reminds of Sarah McLaughlan at times; a winner!
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CD: The Beautiful South: Miao (1994): like 'em
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Book: Bryan Magee: Philosophy and the Real World. An Introduction to Karl Popper (1985): Empirical generalizations, though not verifiable, are falsifiable. Scientific laws can be tested by systematic ways to refute them.
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Book: Hans Joachim Stoerig: Kleine Weltgeschichte der Philosophy (German, 1990): Confucius: One should not worry that he is not famous, but should be concerned with becoming worthy of fame.
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Mad Magazine Jan. 2003: George W. Bush's Notes from his last Cabinet Meeting: hilarious, laughed out loud for minutes: Arafat --- Araskinny, Axes of Evil, Change name of state to 'Oilaska', U.N.ESSESARY
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Mad Magazine Feb. 2003: Yoga Positions that occur in Daily Life: plain funny
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