The Samurai, or "Voluntary Nobility"

I reflected. "What else may not the samurai do?"

"Acting, singing, or reciting are forbidden them, though they may lecture authoritatively or debate. But professional mimicry is not only held to be undignified in a man or woman, but to weaken and corrupt the soul; the mind becomes foolishly dependent on applause, over-skilful in producing tawdry and momentary illusions of excellence; it is our experience that actors and actresses as a class are loud, ignoble, and insincere. If they have not such flamboyant qualities then they are tepid and ineffectual players.

Notes:

The voluntary nobility of H.G.Wells Utopia may not sing or act, as professional mimicry is undignified.

Folksonomies: voluntary nobility

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A Modern Utopia

Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book: Wells, H.G. (2004), A Modern Utopia, Project Gutenberg, New York, NY, Retrieved on 2010-11-01

Source Material [www.gutenberg.org]

Folksonomies: centrism utopias

Triples

01 MAR 2011

Emotional Investment is a Vice

Emotionally Interested People Resemble the Mentally Impaired > Conclusion > The Samurai, or "Voluntary Nobility"
To be emotionally invested in something, to feel passionate about it, corrupts our objectivity, and turns us into fools. Psychologists know this, and HG Wells saw it as a vice in describing his Modern Utopia.

Folksonomies: scientific virtues vice passion objectivity

Schemas

23 MAR 2013

Mental Discipline

Memes on mental discipline, from fictional characters to scientific virtues.

Folksonomies: mindfulness mental discipline