"The way of truth is like a great road. It is not difficult to know it. The ev..." - Mencius

The way of truth is like a great road. It is not difficult to know it. The evil is only that men will not seek it.

— Mencius
Confucian philosopher (c. 371 – c. 289 BC)

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Mencius was confucian philosopher (c. 371 – c. 289 bc). Mencius, born Meng Ke (孟軻), was a Chinese Confucian philosopher, often described as the Second Sage (亞聖) to reflect his traditional esteem relative to Confucius himself. He was part of Confucius's fourth generation of disciples, inheriting his ideology and developing it further. Read more on Wikipedia →

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Truth — Meditations on honesty, authenticity, and the search for truth

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