Yamaga Sokō
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Japanese philosopher
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Yamaga Sokō was a Japanese military writer and philosopher under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period in Japan. As a scholar he applied the Confucian idea of the "superior man" to the samurai class of Japan. This became an important part of the samurai way of life and code of conduct.