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Way smaller than imagined, but it was in the description.
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I tried reading it 10 years ago but didn't get it.
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Some chinese scholars have criticized mitchell's translation as not being true to the original chinese text.
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However, for the lay reader, this criticism misses the mark.
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First, any ancient work relies on manuscripts that were written well after the original texts and during this gap the original text(s) were undoubtedly edited or suffered transcription errors.
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Thirdly, and this applies to all ancient books of wisdom, it is not possible for a person of the twenty-first century to place themselves in 5th century bce china (or first century palestine for that matter).
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So, from my perspective, it is as futile to seek the original and true meaning of the tao te ching as t is try to understand what it is like to be a bat (thomas nagle).
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This hard bound, illustrated volume was published in 1999 by france's lincoln ltd.
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