Cheri will have a red blend,
The cat, water.

27 friends this morning will target shoot,
Bloody Mary’s for all.
Happy Turkey Day!

You’re taking the Mickey!
That’s too sticky.
It’s a key function.

Confucius says: To use italics, hit the following keys before the quotable lines: Less than, lower case letter i, greater than. To end quotable line, hit less than, forward slash,lower case i, and greater than.

You know you take credit for your children’s successes and disown their failings.

And what about all that “Compromise” you keep spouting about?

Are you sure you don’t like to get the upper hand?

“Does not the real truth of anything, the real wisdom, lie almost always in the middle of two extremes”

Half good plus half bad, for example?

I’m glad I failed as a good role model for my children. They’re much better than me!

I can’t help looking for the power dynamic either. That’s a shame, because all the trouble in the world is caused by the power-seekers.

For a moment I thought you were referring to Clay Christensen!!!

“…….That stability requires us to observe, to a fault, certain hierarchies (ruler-subject, husband-wife, etc)……..”.

Is this Confucius’s old-fashioned way of saying that when observing couples, or those in any other sort of relationship, we should observe which party has the power? For what it’s worth, I, myself, always look for this dynamic when with, or observing, people together.

“……..learning teaches one how to moderate inner passions. By being good, people will follow. The education of the leader is to be a role model for the followers………”.

These, and the other sayings of Confucius, are sometimes true, sometimes not. Does not the real truth of anything, the real wisdom, lie almost always in the middle of two extremes?

Regarding Confucius and role models, is not being a good role model about the most important thing in being a good parent?

I found him repetitive, out-dated, and hierarchal.
His views on filial piety, elders, superiors and the like did remind me of Ancient Rome, though.

He does not have a place in your pantheon at
http://andreaskluth.org/2009/02/01/greatest-thinker-ever-patanjali/

Here, I am having fun with Qi, Li, and Run.

By the way, speaking of high octane intellects or lack thereof, I could use your intellectual assistance in the later comments on my Nietzsche post Blamers and Warriors . Maybe.

What shocking insight did he ever come up with? That stability requires us to observed, to a fault, certain hierarchies (ruler-subject, husband-wife, etc).

This was stating the obvious when he said it, and is now dated, to say the least.

I have asked the Sinologists I know if there was more to him, but no, it appears not.

I have the Analects on my shelf. Every time I open them, hoping to me surprised, I am bored.