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Mencius

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Men·ci·us  (mnsh-s) Originally Meng·zi (mngdz) Fourth century b.c.
Chinese Confucian philosopher who taught that people are innately good and that one's nature can be enhanced or perverted by one's environment.
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"That in which men differ from brute beasts," says Mencius, "is a thing very inconsiderable; the common herd lose it very soon; superior men preserve it carefully.
Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context
The Chinese Mencius has not been the least successful in his generalization.
Essays, Second Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo View in context
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