Confucius thought that much could be told about the quality of individuals, not by their popularity, but by the virtue and competence of those who did or did not like them. Few comets are bright enough to be seen without the aid of a telescope. It is the rule in a barbarian society that the upper classes never engage in industrial occupations but instead devote their lives to occupations to which a high degree of respect is attached. Fashion is not a term that is the exclusive property of those who are concerned with dress, ornament, and etiquette. The fashion in dress is deliberately designed by those who make money by creating styles.
Scientists also find use for the word.
Fashion in science is a way of thinking or a mode of action that is determined by a great discovery. Ralph Waldo Emerson travelled a great deal during his lifetime. The people he met impressed him far more than the physical features of the countries. The kings of Egypt, called pharaohs, built the pyramids for their burial places. About seventy-five of the pyramids, some small and some large, were built in the Niles area.