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Ace Books (1971), 398 pages
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Only by inhabiting Dao (the Way of Nature) and dwelling in its unity can humankind achieve true happiness and freedom, in both life and death. This is Daoist philosophy's central tenet, espoused by the person?or group of people?known as Zhuangzi (369?-286? B.C.E.) in a text by the same name. To be free, individuals must discard rigid distinctions between good and bad, right and wrong, and follow a course of action not motivated by gain or striving. When one ceases to judge events as good or bad, man-made suffering disappears and natural suffering is embraced as part of life.Zhuang
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Chuang Tzu, rightly called "Genius of the Absurd" is unquestionably the father of a new type of a philosophy and satire united in a complementary union. Unknown to the West until the nineteen century
he must be regarded, in part, as an ancient predecessor of our modern western
he must be regarded, in part, as an ancient predecessor of our modern western
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philosophical-satirical literature ... there are also many brilliant flashes of philosophical insight. Show Less
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398