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A review by casparb
Tao Te Ching by Laozi
3.0
A very concise series of insights. There's a rather unique metaphysics to the Tao that is interesting in its quite fundamental divergence from Western metaphysics, and a good deal of the wisdom here seems unfamiliar or unintuitive on the surface - to me at least, as a Western reader. But that makes it more curious I think.
Mostly I get the sense that an awful lot is lost in translation. This is to be expected when we talk about translations from Chinese but a tragedy nonetheless. It's a curious text, and one worth considering.
Mostly I get the sense that an awful lot is lost in translation. This is to be expected when we talk about translations from Chinese but a tragedy nonetheless. It's a curious text, and one worth considering.