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From the feelings proper to it, [man's nature] is constituted for the practice of what is good.
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The tendency of man's nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downwards.
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He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.
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If you let people follow their feelings [original nature], they will be able to do good. This is what is meant by saying that human nature is good.
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It is useless to talk to those who do violence to their own nature, and it is useless to do anything with those who throw themselves away. To speak what is against propriety and righteousness is to do violence to oneself. To say that one cannot abide by humanity and follow righteousness is to throw oneself away.
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Born:
372 BC
Died:
289 BC
(aged 83)
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