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The Virtue of Governing by Not Riding

The downaging is a book written for several purposes. You may take it as a guide to mystical understanding of the universe, almost a naturalistic handbook of natural law we would say. Or you may also take itas a political book, a book of wisdom for governors. And the principle which it advocates basically is the virtue of governing by not ruling.

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