
Ep. 312: The Dao De Jing on Virtue (Part Two)
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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The Things of the World Originate in Being
The Hendrix translation strikes me as really Hegelian in the way that Wes was talking. The things of the world originate in being and being originates in non-being. They need to say more. It doesn't have to be the tree in seasons. That's why it's the indeterminate frames. Weakening points to the sense in which something receives the activity of something else, the affection or being affected. I think maybe it's our Western sensibilities that often, a word like weakness would have very negative connotations and even yielding.
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