Zhuangzi
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Chinese Daoist philosopher of the fourth century BC and the pivotal figure of classical philosophical Daoism; of the compiled Zhuangzi, only the Inner…
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ppll (opens ppll.app)
Where public figures publish, and what they are on record saying.
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5 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Being adaptable is often what destroys a thing; being unable to do something can keep it out of the snare (opens korrents.com)
“The adaptability of a thing is oft-times its bane. The inability of the yak to catch mice saves it from the snare which is fatal to the wild cat.”
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Having dreamt he was a butterfly, he cannot tell whether he is a man who dreamt or a butterfly dreaming it is a man (opens korrents.com)
“Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man.”
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Life is limited but knowledge is not, and using the limited to pursue the limitless is fatal (opens korrents.com)
“My life has a limit, but my knowledge is without limit. To drive the limited in search of the limitless, is fatal; and the knowledge of those who do this is fatally lost.”
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Being adaptable is often what destroys a thing; being unable to do something can keep it out of the snare (opens korrents.com)