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The goals were power and wealth; the cultural capital that could secure those goals was courtly elegance or refinement (miyabi). The more elegant the person, the more desirable. An expression of that courtly elegance was an enhanced sensitivity called aware, later commonly expressed more fully as mono no aware. Deriving from a common exclamation meaning “ah!,” it signals coming across something striking. Mixed with attentiveness to the ephemeral, aware transformed the traditional Buddhist resignation toward impermanence into an aesthetic of poignancy. The cherry blossoms, for example, are all the more stunning because they bloom for such a short time.
Engaging Japanese Philosophy – A Short History
Thomas P. Kasulis
Doch diese einseitige Fokussierung hat den Blick für das Wesentliche verstellt: die Erhaltung der großen Ökosysteme und der Artenvielfalt. Wenn Meere und Flüsse verseucht und Regenwälder abgeholzt sind, wird auch die Menge des Kohlendioxidausstoßes irrelevant sein.
Vom Verlust Der Freiheit
Raymond Unger
The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.
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