"How should we be good, how should humans be—virtue is the most important thing for humans. Utility is important, but it is only a means." Masahiro Yasuoka, a leading scholar of Eastern thought, warns against the way modern people live. His penetrating thought has had a great influence on leading politicians and business leaders such as Shigeru Yoshida, Nobusuke Kishi, and Eisaku Sato. His outstanding humanism, transcending the Showa period, can be said to be shining even more in the modern Heisei era. This CD collection is a selection of valuable lectures by the giant of the Showa era, Masahiro Yasuoka, containing content that should serve as a guide to living for modern people. <Feature 1> Valuable lectures by Masahiro Yasuoka, in his own voice, speaking of the crisis of the Japanese spirit. <Feature 2> Universal humanism that explores the ideas and literature of all ages and places. <Feature 3> By using the CD and the book together, difficult words are easy to understand. ◆ Introduction to some of the content ◆ "What is a Person?" (From Disc 2) ...Whether or not one has backbone, this is the issue before all criticism. Therefore, even if one enters a school and is a genius and does well, if the person is weak-kneed, clumsy, sentimental, or hysterical, then they will not become a person. One must have backbone. If one has this, even if one is a little slow-witted or lacks talent, these things can be compensated for in any number of ways. However, a person without this energy, without backbone, is beyond help. If you try to train them, they will say it hurts and avoid it, and if you tell them to endure, they will scream and have no endurance at all. Lately, when I walk around town and see weak-kneed men and women, they have no energy or backbone. Energy and backbone are important... We will use recycled materials.