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This is a modern way of thinking. Ancient wisdom never comes with citations. But I'm happy to be proved wrong.

• samus 4y ago
  Philosophy often goes through cycles of distillation, where authors try to extract and condense the main points of a field, and then commentaries where seasoned practicioners of the field expound on texts that have become canonical, and contibute their own experience and points of view. For example, Cao Cao (the most powerful warlord in the Three Kingdoms period) has written extensive war journals where he also commented on Sun Tzu's works.
• est 4y ago
  > Ancient wisdom never comes with citations Because writing in the past is really expensive and a heavy-duty work. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bamboo_book_-_binding_-_UCR.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bamboo_book_-_binding_-_U...
  • thaumasiotes 4y ago
    A book produced in the 18th century is an odd choice to illustrate that idea.