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This may seem labouring the obvious, but in Japan one meets intelligent people who claim that __ogic_ is something invented in the West to allow Westerners to win discussions. Indeed, the belief is widespread that the Japanese can as happily do without logic now as they supposedly have for centuries past.
Karel Van Wolferen The Enigma of Japanese Power: People and Politics in a Stateless Nation
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This may seem labouring the obvious, but in Japan one meets intelligent people who claim that __ogic_ is something invented in the West to allow Westerners to win discussions. Indeed, the belief is widespread that the Japanese can as happily do without logic now as they supposedly have for centuries past.
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Karel Van Wolferen

The Enigma of Japanese Power: People and Politics in a Stateless Nation

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