Lao-Tzu's Tao / / by Lao-Tzu ; translation by Dwight Goddard. And, Wu Wei ; an interpretation by Henri Borel ; translated by M.E. Reynolds

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910136356103321
• Autore: La Tzu
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Lanham] : , : Dancing Unicorn Books, , [2016]; ©2016
• ISBN: 1-5154-0964-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (77 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): BorelHenri
• Soggetti: Taoism
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction; All We Know About Lao-Tzu; Tao Teh King; 1: WHAT IS THE TAO WHAT IS THE TAO; 2: SELF-DEVELOPMENT; 3: QUIETING PEOPLE; 4: TAO, WITHOUT ORIGIN; 5: IMPARTIALITY; 6: THE INFINITUDE OF CREATIVE EFFORT; 7: HUMILITY; 8: THE NATURE OF GOODNESS; 9: MODERATION; 10: WHAT IS POSSIBLE; 11: THE VALUE OF NON-EXISTENCE; 12: AVOIDING DESIRE; 13: LOATHING SHAME; 14: IN PRAISE OF THE PROFOUND; 15: THAT WHICH REVEALS TEH; 16: RETURNING TO THE SOURCE; 17: SIMPLICITY OF HABIT; 18: THE PALLIATION OF THE INFERIOR; 19: RETURN TO SIMPLICITY; 20: THE OPPOSITE OF THE COMMONPLACE; 21: THE HEART OF EMPTINESS; 22: INCREASE BY HUMILITY23: EMPTINESS AND NOT-DOING (WU WEI); 24: TROUBLES AND MERIT; 25: DESCRIBING THE MYSTERIOUS; 26: THE VIRTUE (TEH) OF DIGNITY; 27: THE FUNCTION OF SKILL; 28: RETURNING TO SIMPLICITY; 29: NOT FORCING THINGS (WU WEI); 30: BE STINGY OF WAR; 31: AVOIDING WAR; 32: THE VIRTUE (TEH) OF HOLINESS; 33: THE VIRTUE (TEH) OF DISCRIMINATION; 34: THE PERFECTION OF TRUST; 35: THE VIRTUE (TEH) OF BENEVOLENCE; 36: EXPLANATION OF A PARADOX; 37: ADMINISTERING THE GOVERNMENT; 38: A DISCUSSION ABOUT TEH; 39: THE ROOT OF AUTHORITY; 40: AVOIDING ACTIVITY; 41: THE UNREALITY OF APPEARANCE; 42: THE TRANSFORMATION OF TAO43: THE FUNCTION OF THE UNIVERSAL; 44: PRECEPTS; 45: THE VIRTUE (TEH) OF GREATNESS; 46: LIMITATION OF DESIRE; 47: SEEING THE DISTANT; 48: TO FORGET ; KNOWLEDGE; 49: THE VIRTUE (TEH) OF TRUST; 50: ESTEEM LIFE; 51: TEH AS A NURSE; 52: RETURN TO ORIGIN; 53: GAIN BY INSIGHT; 54: TO CULTIVATE INTUITION; 55: TO VERIFY THE MYSTERIOUS; 56: THE TEH OF THE MYSTERIOUS; 57: THE HABIT OF SIMPLICITY; 58: ADAPTATION TO CHANGE; 59: TO KEEP TAO; 60: TO MAINTAIN POSITION; 61: THE TEH OF HUMILITY; 62: THE PRACTICE OF TAO; 63: A CONSIDERATION OF BEGINNINGS; 64: CONSIDER THE INSIGNIFICANT65: THE TEH OF SIMPLICITY; 66: TO SUBORDINATE SELF; 67: THREE TREASURES; 68: COMPLIANCE WITH HEAVEN; 69: THE FUNCTION OF THE MYSTERIOUS; 70: THE DIFFICULTY OF UNDERSTANDING; 71: THE DISEASE OF KNOWLEDGE; 72: TO CHERISH ONE'S SELF; 73: ACTION IS DANGEROUS; 74: OVERCOMING DELUSIONS; 75: LOSS BY GREEDINESS; 76: BEWARE OF STRENGTH; 77: TAO OF HEAVEN; 78: TRUST AND FAITH; 79: ENFORCING CONTRACTS; 80: CONTENTMENT; 81: THE NATURE OF THE ESSENTIAL; VALEDICTORY: PART OF THE 20TH SONNET; Wu Wei; PREFACE; CHAPTER I: TAO; CHAPTER II: ART; CHAPTER III: LOVE; NOTES
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