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Single Idea 7281
[filed under theme 1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy
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Full Idea
Don't even start, let's just stay put.
Gist of Idea
Don't even start, let's just stay put
Source
Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu) (The Book of Chuang Tzu [c.329 BCE], Ch.2)
Book Ref
Chuang Tzu: 'The Book of Chuang Tzu', ed/tr. Palmer,M /Breuilly,E [Penguin 1996], p.15
A Reaction
What a remarkable proposal! He seems frightened to make an omelette, because he will have to break an egg, or he might burn himself. I can't relate to this idea, but it's existence must be noted, like other scepticisms.
The
15 ideas
from 'The Book of Chuang Tzu'
23403
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You know you were dreaming when you wake, but there might then be a greater awakening from that
[Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu)]
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23404
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Words are for meaning, and once you have that you can forget the words
[Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu)]
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7277
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The perfect man has no self
[Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu)]
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7285
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Did Chuang Tzu dream he was a butterfly, or a butterfly dream he was Chuang Tzu?
[Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu)]
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7278
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Words of wisdom are precise and clear
[Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu)]
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7281
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Don't even start, let's just stay put
[Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu)]
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7282
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Disagreement means you do not understand at all
[Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu)]
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7284
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If you beat me in argument, does that mean you are right?
[Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu)]
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7280
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As all life is one, what need is there for words?
[Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu)]
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7279
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If words can't be defined, they may just be the chirruping of chicks
[Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu)]
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7283
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Great courage is not violent
[Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu)]
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7288
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Go with the flow, and be one with the void of Heaven
[Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu)]
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7287
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Fish forget about each other in the pond and forget each other in the Tao
[Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu)]
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7286
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To see with true clarity, your self must be irrelevant
[Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu)]
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7289
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Do not try to do things, or to master knowledge; just be empty
[Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu)]
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