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Single Idea 7476
[filed under theme 29. Religion / C. Spiritual Disciplines / 2. Taoism
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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.
The
32 ideas
from Peter Watson
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20649
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The interference of light through two slits confirmed that it is waves
[Watson]
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20650
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The Uncertainty Principle implies that cause and effect can't be measured
[Watson]
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20651
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The shape of molecules is important, as well as the atoms and their bonds
[Watson]
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20652
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In 1828 the animal substance urea was manufactured from inorganic ingredients
[Watson]
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20654
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Only four particles are needed for matter: up and down quark, electron, electron-neutrino
[Watson]
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20655
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Humans have been hunter-gatherers for 99.5% of their existence
[Watson]
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20656
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Traditional ideas of the mind were weakened in the 1950s by mind-influencing drugs
[Watson]
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20657
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There are 23 core brain functions, with known circuit, transmitters, genes and behaviour
[Watson]
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20658
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Information is physical, and living can be seen as replicating and preserving information
[Watson]
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20661
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Electrons rotate in hyrogen atoms 10^13 times per second
[Watson]
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20647
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Quantum theory explains why nature is made up of units, such as elements
[Watson]
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7461
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The three key ideas are the soul, Europe, and the experiment
[Watson]
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7462
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DNA mutation suggests humans and chimpanzees diverged 6.6 million years ago
[Watson]
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7463
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The three basic ingredients of religion are: the soul, seers or priests, and ritual
[Watson]
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7464
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The big idea: imitation, the soul, experiments, God, heliocentric universe, evolution?
[Watson]
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7465
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Babylonian thinking used analogy, rather than deduction or induction
[Watson]
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7466
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Mesopotamian numbers applied to specific things, and then became abstract
[Watson]
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7475
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Confucius revered the spiritual world, but not the supernatural, or a personal god, or the afterlife
[Watson]
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7468
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In ancient Athens the souls of the dead are received by the 'upper air'
[Watson]
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7470
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During the rise of civilizations, the main gods changed from female to male
[Watson]
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7476
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Taoism aims at freedom from the world, the body, the mind, and nature
[Watson]
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7474
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Hinduism has no founder, or prophet, or creed, or ecclesiastical structure
[Watson]
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7471
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The Gathas (hymns) of Zoroastrianism date from about 1000 BCE
[Watson]
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7473
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Zoroaster conceived the afterlife, judgement, heaven and hell, and the devil
[Watson]
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7477
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Modern democracy is actually elective oligarchy
[Watson]
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7478
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Greek philosophers invented the concept of 'nature' as their special subject
[Watson]
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7481
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The Israelites may have asserted the uniqueness of Yahweh to justify land claims
[Watson]
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7483
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Paul's early writings mention few striking episodes from Jesus' life
[Watson]
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7479
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Modern Judaism became stabilised in 200 CE
[Watson]
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7480
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Monotheism was a uniquely Israelite creation within the Middle East
[Watson]
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7484
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Jesus never intended to start a new religion
[Watson]
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7490
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Because of Darwin, wisdom as a definite attainable state has faded
[Watson]
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