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Re:The Suicides in South Korea, and the Suicide of South Korea by jeromebaek on Friday August 09, 2019 @09:14PM (#20659538)
Traditional Confucian philosophy certainly did not despise self-promotion. Confucius proclaimed himself the greatest sage alive, and his arrogant attitude turned off every ruler he was trying to advise.

I wouldn't call Do-ol the greatest sage alive, but he is one of the most original and prolific thinkers in modern Korean philosophy. Before you dismiss him as a quack, try reading at least one of his fifty books.

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Re:The Suicides in South Korea, and the Suicide of South Korea by DuskStar on Saturday August 10, 2019 @12:08AM (#20660096)
> Traditional Confucian philosophy certainly did not despise self-promotion. Confucius proclaimed himself the greatest sage alive, and his arrogant attitude turned off every ruler he was trying to advise.

This doesn't actually follow - "do as I say, not as I do" and all that. The actions of the philosopher and the preferences of the philosophy do not have to match.

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