"Learning proceeds until death and only then does it stop. ... Its purpose cannot be given up for even a moment. To pursue it is to be human, to give it up to be a beast."
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Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy (2001), p. 258
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Xunzi (philosopher)
Xunzi; also Xún Zǐ or Hsün Tzu (荀子; born Zhao c.312 BC - 230 BC) was a Chinese Confucian philosopher.
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