"The end of learning is the formation of character."
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Ten Kun (1710) sec. 2. Reported in Bernard E. Farber (ed.) A Teacher's Treasury of Quotations (McFarland & Co, 1985) p. 13
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Kaibara Ekken
Kaibara Ekken (貝原 益軒; December 17, 1630 – October 5, 1714) or Ekiken, also known as Atsunobu (篤信), was a Japanese Neo-Confucianist philosopher and botanist.
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