The Confucian aspirant to office, stemming from the old tra… - Max Weber

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The Confucian aspirant to office, stemming from the old tradition, could hardly help viewing a specialized, professional training of European stamp as anything but a conditioning in the dirtiest Philistinism. ... The fundamental assertion, ‘a cultured man is not a tool’ meant that he was an end in himself and not just a means for a specified useful purpose.

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Maximilian Carl Emil Weber (21 April 1864 – 14 June 1920) was a German sociologist, philosopher, jurist, and political economist whose ideas profoundly influenced social theory and social research. Weber is often cited, with Émile Durkheim and Karl Marx, as among the three founders of sociology.

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Alternative Names: Maximilian Carl Emil Weber • Maximilian Karl Emil Weber • Karl Emil Maximilian Weber • Max Vemper • Maks Veber • Carl Emil Max Weber • Weber

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