Motoori Norinaga 本居宣長
physician · scholar · Edo Japan · 1730–1801
A scholar who worked as a children's doctor by day and studied the old writings of Japan by night.
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1790s · He notes that this was what his own teacher always taught him
If a better idea comes to you later, never hold back just because it differs from your teacher's view.
後によき考への出で来たらんには、必ずしも師の説にたがふとて、な憚りそTamakatsuma, "On not being bound by one's teacher's views"
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