bushido

is a morality based in the idea that it is more important to look healthy than to be healthy, and more important to seem bold and daring than to be so.

It was thought more important to look healthy than to be healthy, and more important to seem bold and daring than to be so. This view of morality, since it is physiologically based on the special vanity peculiar to men, is perhaps the supreme male view of morality. Yukio Mishima

is a political science of the heart designed to control discouragement and fatigue in order to avoid showing them to others.

the samurai ethic is a political science of the heart, designed to control such discouragement and fatigue in order to avoid showing them to others. Yukio Mishima

is a supreme masculine morality in that, because it is based on the appearance of bravery and health rather than actual bravery or health, it is physiologically based on the special vanity peculiar to men.

This view of morality, since it is physiologically based on the special vanity peculiar to men, is perhaps the supreme male view of morality. Yukio Mishima

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