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Tao Te Ching
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bookshelves: philosophy, required_reading
Aug 17, 2007
bookshelves: philosophy, required_reading
Read 2 times. Last read February 1, 1997.
This is, by far, my favorite translation of the Tao Te Ching. I own a few others and they're all well and good, but this one is the one I continually read from and refer to when people ask me about the Tao.
The translation is well done, it captures the nature of the text well, and it flows fairly evenly. It's not overly flowery or ornate, it gives you the basics of what you need to understand the various entries and assist in understanding what Tao is (i.e. the the Tao named Tao is not the great, eternal Tao).
It's a book that changed my life. I learned of Taoism in a world history class in high school, and when my friends took their Philosophy 101 course at the local university this was the text they worked with. My copy came second hand from the U's bookstore and I have had it ever since. It has taught me to understand a lot of the things in the world that otherwise would baffle me and lends a lot to my own personal philosophies.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who is lost on their path through life. It doesn't have all of the answers, but it does have a LOT of perspective.
The translation is well done, it captures the nature of the text well, and it flows fairly evenly. It's not overly flowery or ornate, it gives you the basics of what you need to understand the various entries and assist in understanding what Tao is (i.e. the the Tao named Tao is not the great, eternal Tao).
It's a book that changed my life. I learned of Taoism in a world history class in high school, and when my friends took their Philosophy 101 course at the local university this was the text they worked with. My copy came second hand from the U's bookstore and I have had it ever since. It has taught me to understand a lot of the things in the world that otherwise would baffle me and lends a lot to my own personal philosophies.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who is lost on their path through life. It doesn't have all of the answers, but it does have a LOT of perspective.
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“Live in a good place. Keep your mind deep. Treat others well. Stand by your word. Make fair rules. Do the right thing. Work when it's time.”
― Tao Te Ching
― Tao Te Ching
Reading Progress
Started Reading
February 1, 1997
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Finished Reading
Started Reading
(Other Paperback Edition)
December 1, 2005
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Finished Reading
(Other Paperback Edition)
August 17, 2007
– Shelved
August 19, 2007
– Shelved as:
philosophy
October 4, 2007
– Shelved
(Other Paperback Edition)
October 4, 2007
– Shelved as:
philosophy
(Other Paperback Edition)
March 19, 2008
– Shelved as:
required_reading
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Dec 31, 2014 07:06AM
This is my desert island book.
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Im marking it.. looks good! ;)
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