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estoy tratando de entenderlo...

to grow yet not to control,
this is the mysterious virtue

The translation is very gritty and bumpy. It makes for very tedious and unsmooth reading. Blakney is trying too hard to explain things.

Þetta reddast

I wish this didn’t update friends lol I just want to keep track of my damn books

"Seeing the small is called enlightenment, and abiding in the gentle strength."

En las culturas antiguas el conocimiento del ser humano podía llegar a ser mucho más puro que el moderno al tener un estilo de vida preindustrial. En este sentido, el Dao de jing, supone una fuente de preguntas sobre la vida, el mundo, y la interacción entre ambos. Mi lectura ha sido más filosófica que religiosa y, como con casi cualquier libro de filosofía, la relectura es obligada. Eso sí, cuando llegue el momento.

“Thirty spokes converge upon a single hub;
It is on the hole in the center that the use of the cart hinges.

We make a vessel from a lump of clay;
It is the empty space within the vessel that makes it useful

We make doors and windows for a room;
But it is these empty spaces that make the room livable

Thus, while the tangible has advantages,
It is the intangible that makes it useful”

❤️

Sometimes I’m like, “yeah, I vibe with that,” and other times I’m like, “man, I wish I understood what I just read,” but rather than admit to a lack of philosophical insight on my part, I’m instead going to pretend my copy has a subpar translation.

Almost done. Don’t like

Done with part 1. Now on to Lysistrata!

Quick read. Some parallels to Aristotle

Zieke Beatles reference van lao tzu

Don't understand everything tbh, but it is very pretty and UKLG's notations add so much!!!

I hate it

She Tao on my ching til I wei wu wei

“When people see things as beautiful, ugliness is created. When people see things as good, evil is created.”

nothing else has ever mattered actually

Que rabia me da no encontrar la portada del libro en físico que tengo. Con lo bonito que es 😭. Y por lo que entiendo ahora mismo el tao es más una sensación que algo que puedas decir con palabras, no?

bro is wise as hell. i can see why this has been a hit for 2,500 years lol

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I love this

I use to be on page 126; but since I haven’t read it in a long time, I restarted it tonight.

for class again…

Second read because it’s quite nice

"Those wanting to rule the world by force, I see them never succeeding. The world is a sacred instrument, and does not respond to force. Those who try will fail, those who insist will lose."

Five colors at the same time blind the eyes.
Five notes played at once deafen the ears.
Five flavors together numb the palate.

i can't stop starting new books, while this is like super short i felt the urge to finally digest this. ursula le guin's translation is beating my ass and idk how to feel about it. i feel very lost and dumb.

39. Jade is praised as precious, but its strength is being stone.

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