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The Canon of Reason and Virtue (Tao te Ching)

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Contents

• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: Sze-ma-Ch'ien On Lao-tze
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 1. Reason's Realization
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 2. Self-Culture
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 3. Keeping the People Quiet
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 4. Sourceless
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 5. The Function of Emptiness
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 6. The Completion of Form
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 7. Dimming Radiance
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 8. Easy By Nature
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 9. Practising Placidity
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 10. What Can Be Done?
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 11. The Function of the Non-Existent
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 12. Abstaining From Desire
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 13. Loathing Shame
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 14. Praising the Mysterious
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 15. The Revealers of Virtue
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 16. Returning to the Root
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 17. Simplicity In Habits
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 18. The Palliation of Vulgarity
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 19. Returning to Simplicity
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 20. Different from the Vulgar
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 21. Emptying the Heart
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 22. Humility's Increase
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 23. Emptiness and Non-Existence
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 24. Trouble From Indulgence
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 25. Imaging the Mysterious
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 26. The Virtue of Gravity
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 27. The Function of Skill
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 28. Returning to Simplicity
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 29. Non-Assertion
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 30. Be Chary of War
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 31. Quelling War
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 32. The Virtue of Holiness
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 33. The Virtue of Discrimination
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 34. Trust in its Perfection
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 35. The Virtue of Benevolence
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 36. The Secret's Explanation
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 37. Administration of Government
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 38. Discourse on Virtue
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 39. The Root of Order
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 40. Avoiding Activity
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 41. Sameness in Difference
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 42. Reason's Modifications
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 43. Its Universal Application
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 44. Setting Up Precepts
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 45. Greatest Virtue
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 46. Moderation of Desire
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 47. Viewing the Distant
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 48. Forgetting Knowledge
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 49. Trust in Virtue
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 50. The Estimation of Life
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 51. Nursing Virtue
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 52. Returning to the Origin
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 53. Gaining Insight
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 54. The Cultivation of Inituition
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 55. The Signet of the Mysterious
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 56. The Virtue of the Mysterious
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 57. Simplicity in Habits
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 58. Adaptation to Change
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 59. Hold Fast to Reason
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 60. How to Maintain One's Place
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 61. The Virtue of Humility
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 62. Practise Reason
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 63. Consider Beginnings
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 64. Mind the Insignificant
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 65. The Virtue of Simplicity
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 66. Putting Oneself Behind
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 67. The Three Treasures
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 68. Complying With Heaven
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 69. The Function of the Mysterious
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 70. Difficult to Understand
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 71. The Disease of Knowledge
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 72. Holding Oneself Dear
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 73. Daring to Act
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 74. Overcome Delusion
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 75. Harmed Through Greed
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 76. Beware of Strength
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 77. Heaven's Reason
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 78. Trust in Faith
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 79. Keep Your Obligations
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 80. Remaining in Isolation
• The Old Philosopher's Canon of Reason and Virtue: 81. Propounding the Essential

Front matter

• Title Page
• Foreword
• Introduction
• Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter I
• Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter 2
• Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter 3
• Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter 4
• Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter 5
• Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter 6
• Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter 9
• Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter 10
• Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter 11
• Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter 12
• Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter 13
• Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter 14
• Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter 15
• Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter 18
• Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter 19
• Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter 20
• Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter 21
• Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter 22
• Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter 24
• Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter 25
• Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter 26
• Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter 27
• Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter 28
• Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter 29
• Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter 35
• Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter 36
• Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter 38
• Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter 39
• Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter 42
• Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter 45
• Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter 47
• Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter 49
• Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter 50
• Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter 54
• Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter 56
• Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter 57
• Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter 59
• Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter 60
• Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter 61
• Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter 62
• Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter 63
• Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter 64
• Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter 70
• Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter 71
• Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter 74
• Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter 75
• Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter 78
• Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter 79
• Comments and Alternative Readings: Chapter 80

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