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The Canon of Reason and Virtue (Tao te Ching) · front matter · 1 passage
Literally the second quotation reads: "Greatest straightness is like a curve, Greatest skill is like awkwardness, Greatest eloquence is like stammering." The first line reminds us of modern geometry where the straight line may be regarded as a curve of an infinitely small curvature. Cf. note on Chapter 41.
Source: Internet Sacred Text Archive, file tao/crv/crv117.htm.
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