“…a samurai is a total human being, whereas a man who is completely absorbed in his technical skill has degenerated into a ‘function’, one cog in a machine.”
“…a total person does not need a skill. He represents spirit, he represents action, and he represents the ideal principles on which his realm is founded.”
- Yukio Mishima, Mishima on Hagakure
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