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The Book of the Tao (Verses 1–37) — Tao Te Ching · Philosophi

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The Book of the Tao (Verses 1–37)

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The Tao that can be trodden is not the enduring and unchanging Tao. The name that can be named is not the enduring and unchanging name.

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About This Book

AuthorLaozi

Published~400 BC

BranchesMetaphysics, Ethics, Political Philosophy

Chapters2

Pages23

TranslatorJames Legge

Edition1891

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The Book of the Tao (Verses 1–37)

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