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Single Idea 7282
[filed under theme 2. Reason / C. Styles of Reason / 1. Dialectic
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Full Idea
The sage encompasses everything, while ordinary people just argue about things. Disagreement means you do not understand at all.
Gist of Idea
Disagreement means you do not understand at all
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.16
A Reaction
This is why democracy and western analytical philosophy come as a package. We can't assume that our government is always right, and we can't assume that a 'sage' has managed to encompass everything. Criticism is essential!
The
15 ideas
from Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu)
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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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7283
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Great courage is not violent
[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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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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