219 works selected for the 40 candidate questions. Selections approved by Ben Breen, 29 September 2026. Arguments are unverified. Quotations were chosen by machine and are unchecked.
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1875Fukuzawa YukichiFukuzawa Yukichi,An Outline of a Theory of CivilizationJapaneseTreatiseNo text yet
Fukuzawa Yukichi
文明論之概略 (Bunmeiron no gairyaku)
Japanese · Treatise
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Open source →- Q33Can a society adopt another society's machinery without adopting its ways of life?
No. Japan cannot take Western technical novelties while keeping its old spirit; it must adopt the spirit of civilization, the independence of the individual and the nation, that produced them.
- Q33Can a society adopt another society's machinery without adopting its ways of life?