1. The Tao, considered as unchanging, has no name.
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Commentary
Source: Editorial Summary
This chapter explores core themes of the Tao Te Ching, including non-action, harmony with nature, and the power of simplicity.
Philosophical Insight
Source: Paul Carus (1913) - Canon of Reason and Virtue
1. Reason, in its eternal aspect, is unnamable. 2. Although its simplicity seems insignificant, the whole world does not dare to suppress it. If princes and kings p. 96 could keep it, the ten thousand things would of themselves pay homage. Heaven and earth would unite in dripping sweet dew, and the people with no one to command them would of themselves be righteous. 3. As soon as Reason creates order, it becomes namable. Whenever the namable in its turn acquires existence, one learns to know whe...
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Philosophical Insight