Archive for January, 2008
Lieh-tzu’s Sense of Destiny
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
Except for a rather traumatic experience in Vietnam, I’ve never been a great believer in Fate or Destiny, so I’m a little surprised to discover how receptive I was to much of what Lieh-tzu has to say about it, perhaps because it also coincides with my own views on inherited traits. My grandfather was [...]
Too Much Stuff
Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
I’ve been too busy working through Dreamweaver MX 2004 exercises on my limited trial of Dreamweaver CS3 to finish Lieh-tsu, so I thought I’m merely point you to this link that Leslie found and forwarded to me: The Story of Stuff
Somehow it seemed to fit quite well with yesterday’s entry about being satisfied with less, [...]
Explaining Conjunctions
Monday, January 7th, 2008
Graham’s begins his translation of the last chapter ofThe Book of Leih-Tzu, called “Explaining Conjunctions,” with:
Explaining Conjunctions is the most heterogeneous of the eight chapters. More than half of it is taken from known sources of the 3rd and 2nd centuries B.C., not all Taoist, and it is likely that much of the rest is [...]
Nature Calls
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
I know it’s probably sheer coincidence, but I almost feel like the birds are calling for me, wanting to know why I’ve abandoned birding. Until recently I’ve never seen a Great Blue Heron around my house, but twice in the last two weeks one has flown by my den window or right over my [...]
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