- User Name: Bushido Philosopher
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(literal translation = way of the warrior; way of the samurai)
Bushido, "The Way of the Warrior", has come to be known as the samurai code, but it is more than that. The name given is not "the code" or "the law" of the warrior, but rather, "the Way." It is not merely a list of rules to which a warrior must subscribe in exchange for his title, but a set of principles that prepare a man or woman to fight without losing his humanity, and to lead and command without losing touch with basic values. It is a description of a way of life. It is how you interpret these principles that make the person.
Philosophy
1. Love and pursuit of wisdom by intellectual means and moral self-discipline.
2. Investigation of the nature, causes, or principles of reality, knowledge, or values, based on logical reasoning rather than empirical methods
3. A system of thought based on or involving such inquiry
4. The critical analysis of fundamental assumptions or beliefs
6. The discipline comprising logic, ethics, aesthetics, metaphysics, and epistemology
7. A set of ideas or beliefs relating to a particular field or activity; an underlying theory
8. A system of values by which one lives
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