Wang Yang-ming
Wang Yang-ming (1472-1529) was a Chinese philosopher and Ming dynasty official. He was neo-confucianist who founded school of 'idealism'. He said that cultivation of intuitive knowledge led to understanding of Confucian truths, not to study of the Confucian classics.Wisdom & Quotes
- People today distinguish between knowledge and action and pursue them separately, believing that one must know before he can act. …They say ( they will wait ) till they truly know before putting their knowledge into practice. Consequently, to the end of their lives, they will never act and also will never know.
- Perhaps immortality is a gift of heaven rather than the result of some human effort.
- Knowledge and action are really two words describing the same one effort.
- (Love) is like a tree which shows the first signs of growth when the shoot blossoms.
Caesar Borgia