Mark T. Mitchell, Attributes of the Gentleman or Mr. Darcy’s Rules of Engagement
Comparative essays are only as good as a thorough understanding of each of the two systems being compared, but something could be said about the Confucian junzi (君子 [wiki]) and the [Christian] gentleman.
Disgruntled men do need to direct their energies towards some positive ideal, even if liberalism and feminism seek to put them down. It may be easy for men who are a bit lost to embrace nihilism or hedonism instead. To destroy or to create; which inclination will prevail?
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