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Single Idea 7476

[filed under theme 29. Religion / C. Spiritual Disciplines / 2. Taoism ]

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

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A Reaction

Of all the world's religions, I think Taoism is the most ridiculouly misconceived.

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The 4 ideas with the same theme [suppress desire and reestablish unity with the cosmos]:

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]