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Men of the world who value the Way all turn to books. But books are nothing more than words. Words have value; what is of value in words is meaning. Meaning has something it is pursuing, but the thing that it is pursuing cannot be put into words and handed down. The world values words and hands down books but, though the world values them, I do not think them worth valuing. What the world takes to be values is not real value.


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ISBN 978-0-231-03147-9. Go away quickly and do not soil me with your presence. (2 tr.

His philosophy can be considered a precursor of relativism in systems of value. He is credited with writing—in part or in whole—a work known by his name the Zhuangzi which expresses a philosophy which is skeptical arguing that life is limited and knowledge to be gained is unlimited.

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