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Well Eigenwurde is translated into English as traditional status.
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It's not a very good translation.
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Eigenwurde really means
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that they are believed to have virtues by themselves;
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that they have a virtue what they themselves carry out.
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So there is honor; I think the term honor is
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extremely important--right?--
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for understanding traditional authority.
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The traditional master is always assumed
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to be an honorable person. Right?
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And if that person becomes not honorable,
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it is likely that it will lose its authority.