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Tao Te Ching

Tao Te Ching

Laozi · ~400 BC

2 chapters · 23 pages · Original text

Public domain · Project Gutenberg

Chapters

The Book of the Tao (Verses 1–37)

~24 min · 10 pages

The Book of Te (Verses 38–81)

~28 min · 13 pages

About this text

First published in 1748, this work represents Hume's mature empiricist philosophy — a reworking of ideas from his earlier Treatise of Human Nature.

Hume argues that all knowledge derives from sensory experience and that reason alone cannot establish matters of fact.

Text sourced from Project Gutenberg (public domain).

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