
Bushido
Inazo Nitobe
This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.
Chivalry is a flower no less indigenous to the soil of Japan than its emblem, the cherry blossom; nor is it a dried-up specimen of an antique virtue preserved in the herbarium of our history. It is still...
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United States
Description:
This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. Chivalry is a flower no less indigenous to the soil of Japan than its emblem, the cherry blossom; nor is it a dried-up specimen of an antique virtue preserved in the herbarium of our history. It is still a living object of power and beauty among us; and if it assumes no tangible shape or form, it not the less scents the moral atmosphere, and makes us aware that we are still under its potent spell. The conditions of society which brought it forth and nourished it have long disappeared; but as those far-off stars which once were and are not, still continue to shed their rays upon us, so the light of chivalry, which was a child of feudalism, still illuminates our moral path, surviving its mother institution. It is a pleasure to me to reflect upon this subject in the language of Burke, who uttered the well-known touching eulogy over the neglected bier of its European prototype. Duration - 3h 30m. Author - Inazo Nitobe. Narrator - Digital Voice Martin G. Published Date - Tuesday, 13 January 2026. Copyright - © 2019 Start Publishing LLC ©.
Language:
English
Preface to the First Edition
Duration:00:03:16
Preface to the Tenth and Revised Edition
Duration:00:02:40
Bushido as an Ethical System
Duration:00:09:50
Sources of Bushido
Duration:00:11:54
Rectitude or Justice
Duration:00:05:34
Courage, the Spirit of Daring and Bearing
Duration:00:08:28
Benevolence, the Feeling of Distress
Duration:00:14:20
Politeness
Duration:00:11:35
Veracity and Sincerity
Duration:00:10:38
Honour
Duration:00:09:32
The Duty of Loyalty
Duration:00:12:02
The Education and Training of a Samurai
Duration:00:08:56
Self-Control
Duration:00:08:07
The Institutions of Suicide and Redress
Duration:00:22:20
The Sword, the Soul of the Samurai
Duration:00:06:44
The Training and Position of Woman
Duration:00:20:15
The Influence of Bushido
Duration:00:09:29
Is Bushido Still Alive?
Duration:00:14:39
The Future of Bushido
Duration:00:11:29
Appendix: Introduction
Duration:00:08:58