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Full Idea
Underlying Taoism is a search for freedom - from the world, from the body, from the mind, from nature.
Gist of Idea
Taoism aims at freedom from the world, the body, the mind, and nature
Source
Peter Watson (Ideas [2005], Ch.05)
Book Ref
Watson,Peter: 'Ideas: from fire to Freud' [Phoenix 2006], p.164
A Reaction
Of all the world's religions, I think Taoism is the most ridiculouly misconceived.
7288 | Go with the flow, and be one with the void of Heaven [Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu)] |
7287 | Fish forget about each other in the pond and forget each other in the Tao [Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu)] |
19616 | As the perfect wisdom of detachment, philosophy offers no rivals to Taoism [Cioran] |
7476 | Taoism aims at freedom from the world, the body, the mind, and nature [Watson] |