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Single Idea 6321
[filed under theme 1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy
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Full Idea
Vulgar people are alert; I alone am muddled.
Gist of Idea
Vulgar people are alert; I alone am muddled
Source
Laozi (Lao Tzu) (Daodejing (Tao Te Ching) [c.530 BCE], I.XX.47)
Book Ref
Lao Tzu: 'Tao Te Ching', ed/tr. Lau,D.C. [Penguin 1963], p.77
A Reaction
Personally I think all human beings are deeply perplexed when they actually address their situation, but most people never spend more than a few minutes a year worrying about it.
The
15 ideas
from 'Daodejing (Tao Te Ching)'
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23401
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A military victory is not a thing of beauty
[Laozi (Lao Tzu)]
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23402
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The highest virtue is achieved without effort
[Laozi (Lao Tzu)]
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6319
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Wise people choose inaction and silence
[Laozi (Lao Tzu)]
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6320
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The best rulers are invisible, the next admired, the next feared, and the worst are exploited
[Laozi (Lao Tzu)]
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6321
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Vulgar people are alert; I alone am muddled
[Laozi (Lao Tzu)]
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6325
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One who knows does not speak; one who speaks does not know
[Laozi (Lao Tzu)]
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6326
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The better known the law, the more criminals there are
[Laozi (Lao Tzu)]
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6327
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Do good to him who has done you an injury
[Laozi (Lao Tzu)]
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6328
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To know yet to think that one does not know is best
[Laozi (Lao Tzu)]
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6329
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People are hard to govern because authorities love to do things
[Laozi (Lao Tzu)]
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6330
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One with no use for life is wiser than one who values it
[Laozi (Lao Tzu)]
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6331
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Truth is not beautiful; beautiful speech is not truthful
[Laozi (Lao Tzu)]
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6324
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To gain in goodness, treat as good those who are good, and those who are not
[Laozi (Lao Tzu)]
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6322
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There is no crime greater than having too many desires
[Laozi (Lao Tzu)]
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6323
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Pursuit of learning increases activity; the Way decreases it
[Laozi (Lao Tzu)]
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