Ep. 311: Understanding the Dao De Jing (Part One)

Feb 20, 2023, 02:00 PM

On the Daodejing (Tao Te Ching) by Laozi (ca. 500 BCE), with guest Theodore Brooks.

We talk about the wildly different, interpretive translations of this foundational Daoist (Taoist) text, its political views, and what the Dao might actually be.

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