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A Philosophy For All: An Analysis Of The Tao

 
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A Philosophy For All: An Analysis of the Tao


There is no single definition of Taoism in the Tao de Ching. The reader
realizes that she will not find one in the text after seeing the first sentence.
By saying that whatever can be described of the Tao is not the true Tao, its
author, Lao-tzu, establishes his first premise: the Tao is a force beyond human
explanation. However this assumption does not mean that he can't attempt to
describe it. Using the literary tools of contradiction, paralle...

Approximate word count: 1227
Approximate pages: 5 (250 words per double-spaced page)

 
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