30 May 2017

Echoes

My words, too, are only an echo; but there is no reason why I should not repeat what I have heard.
- Socrates, Phaedo
子曰:「述而不作,信而好古,竊比於我老彭。」

Confucius remarked: ‘I transmit the old truth and do not originate any new theory. I am well acquainted and love the study of antiquity. In this respect I may venture to compare myself with our old Worthy Peng.’
- The Analects of Confucius

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