REST 101 Study Guide - Tao Te Ching, Immanence, Univers
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*announcements: today will be review, test is wednesday. Tomorrow from 5 until about 6:30 dr. hodges will be in the library for us to ask questions. Revised papers will be given back on wednesday also. Lao-tzu (lao-zi): taoism goes back to this man. He brought one volume that can be read in 30 minutes or a lifetime. This volume is the tao te ching (the way and its power) Tao te ching: the way and its power. 3 levels of the tao (dao): tao is transcendent, tao is immanent: tao is responsible for the way things work, the rhythm in life. The thing that moves from winter to spring to fall: tao on an individual level. 3 types of taoism (daoism): popular taoism, esoteric taoism: (3 m"s) meditation, matter (eating certain foods), and movement (tai chi), philosophical taoism: the taoism that smith focuses on. We will need to know something about this.
