Bushido, Politeness,: riassunto
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In Politeness,, the narrator argues that genuine courtesy expresses sympathy rather than mere fear of giving offense, and explains how careful manners train both body and mind. Examples from tea ceremonies, shared discomfort, and gift giving shift attention from unfamiliar outward customs to their moral purposes.
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- The narrator defines genuine politeness as sympathy and warns that excessive praise of manners produces empty imitation.
- He defends elaborate etiquette as a means of efficient movement, graceful behavior, and moral training.
- The Ogasawara school's teaching connects practiced manners with bodily order, inner strength, and dignity.
- The tea ceremony illustrates how simple actions can cultivate calm, friendship, and spiritual discipline.
- Sharing another person's discomfort and belittling one's own gift illustrate thoughtful concern beneath unfamiliar customs.
- The narrator rejects judging moral principles by minor details and introduces, without resolving, a comparison between truthfulness and courtesy.
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