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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.