Chapter 40

The movement of the Tao By contraries proceeds; And weakness marks the course Of Tao's mighty deeds. All things under heaven sprang from It as existing (and named); that existence sprang from It as non-existent (and not named).

Commentary

Commentary

AVO IDING ACTIVITY.

Philosophical Insight

1. "Homeward is Reason's course, Weakness is Reason's force." 2. Heav en and earth and the ten thousand things come from existence, but existence comes from non-existence. Next: 41. Sameness in Difference | « Previous: The Canon of Reason and Virtue (Tao te Ching): The Old Ph... Next: The Canon of Reason and Virtue (Tao te Ching): The Old Ph... »