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Daoist traditions · Dates uncertain · ancient China

Laozi

Act without imposing force.

Ancient China
Portraits: artistic interpretations
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Reading guides

A thread to guide your reading.

Original introductions to enter the works, discover their central questions and take the reflection further.

LaoziA place to begin

Reading the way

This short work explores the Dao, the strength of flexibility and the dangers of domination. Images of water, emptiness and return address government as well as personal conduct.

Dao De Jing
8 min
LaoziA place to begin

Space and change

Explore images of emptiness, return and the limits of language in the Dao De Jing.

Dao De Jing
8 min
LaoziA place to begin

Simplicity and government

Examine simplicity, humility and criticism of coercion in shared life.

Dao De Jing
8 min
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Bring perspectives into conversation.

Continue with other ways of asking the question.

Confucian tradition

Confucius

The Peripatetic tradition

Aristotle

Stoicism

Marcus Aurelius

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