The samurai ethic is a political science of the heart$$$ designed to control such discouragement and fatigue in order to avoid showing them to others. It was thought more important to look healthy than to be healthy$$$ and more important to seem bold and

The samurai ethic is a political science of the heart$$$ designed to control such discouragement and fatigue in order to avoid showing them to others. It was thought more important to look healthy than to be healthy$$$ and more important to seem bold and daring than to be so. This view of morality$$$ since it is physiologically based on the special vanity peculiar to men$$$ is perhaps the supreme male view of morality.