PHIL-202 Lecture 7: characteristics of dao
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2)ethical advice on virtues specifically wu-wei (inactivity/yin state) 3)the political ideals and best forms of government. Chapter 6 laozi and the tao te ching. The book may not actuallybe by laotzu or even a single person (contains inconsistences is in style and content) In his book he makes three base claims: 1)the nature of the dao and the possibility of knowing or representing it. Dao: the wayof heaven and the human world that is correct. The meaning of dao moved from road way method, but came to have a moral sense, or to describe philosophical doctrines. Both a noun and verb (as a verb, it means to follow, which is manifested in behaviour, o(cid:396) to tell, as i(cid:374) speak of the dao). Laozi"s (cid:271)ook tends to use dao in the various ways language; the world as we know it is the combination of reality as it is and the world as we see it.
