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HPC 38. Easy Does It: Non-Action in the Laozi

History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China

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Literal Non-Action vs Practical Rule

Peter Adamson examines passages that seem to urge literal inactivity and whether the Laozi really endorses total quietism.

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