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I’m 46 years old, male, from the United States. I’ve been a DailyLit member since June 25, 2007.
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Tao Te Ching - Ignorance masked as englightenment
I see two things here one is a failure in translation. This was written in a very different time, a very different language, and a very different society. Much is bound to be lost and/or misinterpreted. I can see knowledge for its own sake as possibly a bad thing in the time this was written. What use is it to know of (and presumably desire) what you can not possibly posses.
The second thing is that while there is much of value in the Tao Te Ching, one should not assume it is final and complete. This was written by a person and people are not perfect (well except maybe for me ).
I have read this and a few other translations a number of times. And take from it what has value to me and set aside what does not apply or does not make sense to me.