“You can't discuss the ocean with a well frog - he's limited by the space he lives in.
You can't discuss ice with a summer insect - he's bound to a single season.”
― Zhuangzi, The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu
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Shadow within Shadow
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#AllDharmasLackSelfNature
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Shadow within Shadow
#Art #AIart #Philosophy #Plato
#RealityAndIllusion
#InfiniteRegressAndSelfReference
#Buddhism
#AllDharmasLackSelfNature
#Zhuangzi
#ShadowsShadowAsks
#PhenomenonAndEssence
Zhuangzi chose mud over power.
When offered high office, he preferred to “drag his tail through the mud.”
Freedom over status. Life over prestige.
What does this mean for Taoist practice today?
Read: https://f.mtr.cool/oxqhutqgdq
#zhuangzi #chineseculture #neidan
Zhuangzi was invited to power and refused.
Why choose mud over a palace?
Because freedom is worth more than honor.
On Friday: what this ancient story means for your life — and for real Taoist cultivation.
#zhuangzi #taoism #daoism #taoistcultivation #neidan #chineseculture
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Today's new #HoPWaG episode: an interview with Hans-Georg Moeller on humor and amoral ethics in a Daoist classic, the Zhuangzi - and its relation to Confucianism and Legalism.
www.historyofphilosophy.net/zhuangzi-moe...
#philsky #philosophy #zhuangzi #daoism #podcast
Since he judges no one, no one judges him.
Such is the perfect man. His boat is empty.
- #Zhuangzi
Nazi Repellent out here spewing negative wisdom
If I may:
"Outside the limits of the world of men, the sage occupies his thoughts, but does not discuss about anything; inside those limits he occupies his thoughts, but does not pass any judgments." - #Zhuangzi
Chinese landscape painting with a sage
It's #HoPWaG time again! Today we look at the theme of "wandering" in the Zhuangzi, comparing this to Thomas Nagel's idea of "philosophical absurdity."
www.historyofphilosophy.net/zhuangzi-wan...
#philsky #philosophy #podcasts #daoism #zhuangzi
Image of a tranquil garden pond with moss-covered stones and greenery. Overlaid text reads: “All men know the use of the useful, but nobody knows the use of the useless.” — Zhuangzi Humanism Church logo at bottom left. Text at bottom right reads: humanism.church
Contemplation is the oppositive of action. If it were to be productive it would cease to be contemplation. We all must make time for it in order to actually live instead of just counting time. #Humanism #Philosophy #Zhuangzi #HumanismChurch
As people around the world celebrate #LunarNewYear, check out episodes from our archive on topics and thinkers related to the cultures that observe the holiday. After all, as #Zhuangzi knows, it's all now free to listen and download: soundcloud.com/philosophyta...
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No Self is True Self.
- #Zhuangzi
Painting of a butterfly
www.historyofphilosophy.net/zhuangzi-death
Time for a new #HoPWaG episode! Today we tackle the many passages in the Daoist classic, the Zhuangzi, that deal with death - including the famous "dreaming you are a butterfly" passage.
#daoism #zhuangzi #philsky #philosophy #podcasts
Delighted to have Lea Cantor @peterhousecam.bsky.social cam.bsky.social speak to us on Zhuāngzǐ’s speech argument against monism!
Web: leacantor.com
#philosophy #zhuangzi #daoism #language #monism
Painting of two Chinese sages.
Today on #HoPWaG, we look at the variety of presentations (and names) of Confucius in the "Zhuangzi." What do these portrayal's tell us about Daoist attitudes towards Confucianism?
www.historyofphilosophy.net/zhuangzi-con...
#podcast #philosophy #philsky #confucisus #daoism #zhuangzi
"if you get yourself worked up over winning and losing you'll soon find your eyes growing dim and your complexion becoming dull
pretty soon all you'll be able to think of is how to best others and everything you say will become mindless excuses"
#Zhuangzi
Coming up on Sunday on #HoPWaG, we have a look at the various mentions of Confucius/Kongzi in the Zhuangzi. Did Daoists think this great sage was all that great?
#podcast #philosophy #daoism #zhuangzi
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If we accept the distinction, one of the biggest differences between philosophical and religious Daoism concerns death. #Zhuangzi accepts and embraces death as a natural event, but many religious Daoist traditions have sought physical immortality.
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Western scholars used to distinguish "philosophical Daoism" from "religious Daoism":
Philosophical #Daoism: philosophical ideas, mainly from the #Daodejing and #Zhuangzi
Religious Daoism: a blanket term for many different Chinese religious traditions
Am I a man who dreamt of being a butterfly, or am I a butterfly dreaming that I am a man? - Zhuangzi
#zhuangzi 🦋
#Knowledge
keep wondering more ✨ wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand
#moleskinedailydiary #Wednesday 24, 2025
Nicht handeln - hinter dem 13. Türchen im philosophischen Adventskalender von und mit Gert @scobel.bsky.social
#Zhuangzi
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Nicht handeln - hinter dem 13. Türchen im philosophischen Adventskalender von und mit Gert @scobel.bsky.social
#Zhuangzi
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Der philosophische Adventskalender
Das 7. Türchen: Zhuangzi
von @sabidinhaa.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/shorts/mZd-e...
#philosophieadventskalender #illustration #animation #philosohie #zhuangzi
New #HoPWaG for you today: The Zhuangzi's critique of dogmatism in argument and politics, which it calls "shi-fei" thinking.
www.historyofphilosophy.net/zhuangzi-shi...
#philsky #philosophy #podcast #daoism #zhuangzi
Vollkommenheit lauert hinter dem siebten Türchen beim philosophischen Adventskalender mit Gert @scobel.bsky.social
#Zhuangzi
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