Signature Move1 book · 3 highlights
Detail to Doctrine — Incident First, Principle Second
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Evidence
Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore and the Renewal of China
Murat Lama · 3 highlights
“He was both concrete and abstract at the same time, loved to start from the detail and move to the general. I heard him introduce his concept of secularity starting from an incident: a marriage between Singaporeans annulled by a Malay imam.”
“options: “If, after trying several solutions, I discover that a certain approach works, then I extract the underlying principle of the chosen solution.””
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