The meaning of our existence is not invented by ourselves, but rather detected.
君子对待上司,一定是忠诚而恭敬的;接待下属,必然是谦虚而和悦的。小人对待上司,一定是奉承而献媚的;对待下属,必然是傲慢而残酷的。
The melancholy science from which I make this offering to my friend relates to a region that from time immemorial was regarded as the true field of philosophy, but which, since the latter's conversion into method, has lapsed into intellectual neglect, sententious whimsy, and finally oblivion.