Concept
Samurai
Overview
military nobility of pre-industrial Japan
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Very soon it became evident that there were only two ways of dealing with the white man, either to submit to him, or to fight him with his own weapons. Japan adopted the latter course, and developed a modern army trained by the Germans, a modern navy modelled on the British, modern machinery derived from America, and modern morals copied from the whole lot. Everybody except the British was horrified, and called the…
Bertrand Russell, The Problem of China
Close in meaning to Samurai; the term itself is not named.
The Bolsheviks, who proclaim themselves the champions of the proletariat, are not lacking in courage, whatever else may be said of them; this is proved by their pre-revolutionary record. In Japan, where formerly the samurai had a monopoly of martial ardour, conscription brought the need of courage throughout the male population. Thus among all the Great Powers much has been done during the past half-century to make…
Bertrand Russell, What I believe
Names Samurai.
Coats of arms which served to distinguish men in battle, now figure on the carriage panels of retired grocers. Once a badge of high military rank, the shoulder-knot has become, on the modern footman, a mark of servitude. The name Banneret, which once marked a partially-created Baron--a Baron who had passed his military "little go"--is now, under the modification of Baronet, applicable to any one favoured by wealth…
Herbert Spencer, Essays on education and kindred subjects
Close in meaning to Samurai; the term itself is not named.
Philosophers who discussed Samurai
- Wang Yangming
- Hayashi Razan
- Motoori Norinaga
- Kumazawa Banzan
- Ogyū Sorai
- Yamaga Sokō
- Fukuzawa Yukichi
- Nishi Amane
- Nakae Tōju
- George Ohsawa
- Ninomiya Sontoku
- Tomonaga Sanjūrō
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Place in the tradition
Part of Japanese philosophy.