Isbn: 9798192544600 - living tao te ching (4 résultats)

PAP. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - The Tao Te Ching is understood only through living it. When Tao is embodied. Te is present.Living Tao Te Ching presents all eighty-one chapters of Lao Tzu's classic in clear, poetic contemporary English. It offers first-time readers an inviting way into the text, while giving longtime readers a fresh view of its language, paradoxes, and recurring patterns.This translation balances fidelity to the Chinese with clear, natural contemporary English. Where the Chinese is mysterious or paradoxical, the English remains so.Recurring terms are rendered with care and consistency, bringing connections among the chapters into view. Spacious poetic lines allow the movement, pauses, and simplicity of the text to be felt as well as understood.This edition includes: - A complete new English translation of all eighty-one chapters- An original Introduction exploring Tao, Te, Wu Wei (Not-Doing), and the purpose of paradox through concrete experience- Accessible notes illuminating key Chinese terms, textual variations, translation choices, and difficult passages- Consistent recurring language and deliberate capitalization that bring the text's internal relationships into view- A gender-neutral rendering of the Master and other human figures throughout the textWhether this is your first encounter with the Tao Te Ching or one of many, this is a translation to read slowly, return to often, and carry into daily life.Words can point toward Tao.Living Tao reveals what they mean.About the TranslatorThomas Orr Anderson is an author, teacher, musician, physicist, sound researcher, and longtime student of the Tao Te Ching. His work brings together contemplative practice, scientific inquiry, music, sound, and the study of attention. …

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