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  <title><![CDATA[The Tao Is Silent]]></title>
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  <default_description>Much more than a book on Chinese philosophy, THE TAO IS SILENT is a series of ideas inspired by Taoism that treats a wide variety of subjects about life in general. Readers will be charmed and inspired by this witty, sophisticated, yet deeply religious author, whether he is discussing gardening, dogs, the art of napping, or computers who dream that they're human.</default_description>
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      <name><![CDATA[Raymond M. Smullyan]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Dec 05 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is book and this authors writing style is exactly why I love Taoism.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Paradox of consciousness, blah blah blah.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A re-read for me (kind of annoying that goodreads won't let you have a book simultaneously in your &quot;Read&quot; and &quot;Currently Reading&quot; categories) and just as good the... I guess 4th time now. Originally lent to me by Sandra Mihordea, a high school sweet heart and current friend. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent intra-level discourse around the paradox of consciousness and how its treated in Eastern vs. Western thought.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A Western mathematician describes, in simple humorous English, the Taoist Way of life. It's funny because it's true.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you follow you lead.  And if you lead you follow.  And if you are inbetween you both lead and follow.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A logical, hilarious, and honest analysis of how to think about existence.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not a great writer, but wise and funny. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the few descriptions of Tao that is concrete enough for my western mind to grasp. Smullyan doesn't answer the questions, but at least I know what the questions are, now.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A good general overview of Tao-ism.  It's sometimes too clever and too intellectual, espeically for for the Tao.]]></body>
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