Guiding Principles
Okinawa was the site of the final battle of the Pacific War, which resulted in thousands of deaths as well as heavy destruction to its nature and cultural heritage. To this day, vast US bases still remain in Okinawa. For these reasons, the University of the Ryukyus has followed its guiding principles of "Freedom and Equality, Tolerance and Peace" since its founding. The quest for truth, and the desire to make a meaningful contribution to both its immediate region and to global society more broadly continue to be its primary objectives.
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“For the child whose impulsiveness is indulged, who retains his primitive-discharge mechanisms, is not only an ill-behaved child but a child whose intellectual development is slowed down. No matter how well he is endowed intellectually, if direct action and immediate gratification are the guiding principles of his behavior, there will be less incentive to develop the higher mental processes, to reason, to employ the imagination creatively. . . .”
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