The Book of Tea
A work by Okakura Kakuzō, first published in 1906
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What korrents draws from it
Teaism is a cult founded on adoring the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday life, People who cannot feel the littleness of their own great things tend to overlook the greatness of little things in others, It is better to remain 'barbarians' than to base a claim to civilisation on the glory of war …
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Okakura Kakuzō
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- There are 7 claims from it on korrents, each quoted word for word.
- Its full text is free to read on Project Gutenberg.
Key facts
What korrents draws from it
korrents’ reading of claims quoted word for word from the book; each opens the quote and where it sits.
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Teaism is a cult founded on adoring the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday life (opens korrents.com)1
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People who cannot feel the littleness of their own great things tend to overlook the greatness of little things in others (opens korrents.com)1
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It is better to remain 'barbarians' than to base a claim to civilisation on the glory of war (opens korrents.com)1
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East and West have developed along different lines, but there is no reason one should not supplement the other (opens korrents.com)1
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Slavish conformity to traditions and formulas fetters individuality in architecture (opens korrents.com)1
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Vanity is fatal to sympathetic feeling in art, in the artist and the public alike (opens korrents.com)1
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- Okakura Kakuzō
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