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Human nature is such that people are born with a love of profit If they follow these inclinations, they will struggle and snatch from each other, and inclinations to defer or yield will die.

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Human nature is what Heaven supplies.

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Human nature refers to what is in people but which they cannot study or work at achieving.

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If there were no human nature, then there would be nothing for deliberate effort to be applied to. If there were no deliberate effort, then human nature would not be able to beautify itself.

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I once tried thinking for an entire day, but I found it less valuable than one moment of study.

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Mencius said that human nature is good. I disagree with that.

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If what the heart approves conforms to proper patterns, then even if one's desires are many, what harm would they be to good order?

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A person is born with a liking for profit.

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Thus, anybody who follows this nature and gives way its states will be led into quarrels and conflicts, and go against the conventions and rules of society, and will end up a criminal.

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Music is a fantastic peacekeeper of the world, it is integral to harmony, and it is a required fundamental of human emotion.

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Nationality: Chinese

Type: Philosopher

Born: Unknown

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