PHIL-202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Tao Te Ching, Laozi, Immaculate Conception
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(cid:862)lao tzu(cid:863): literally (cid:373)ea(cid:374)i(cid:374)g old (cid:373)a(cid:374), (cid:272)a(cid:373)e out developed and able to speak; born at 62, Myths of confucius and laotzu meeting and laotzu reprimanding confucius. Wrote down the tao te ching shortly before leaving the dynasty he was unhappy under. Myth taken to be false now by scholars; was likely far younger than confucius. May not have been written by laotzu, but by followers or perhaps a group of alike thinkers. Also arises during a time of suffering, much like confucianism. Confucius answers his questions by looking to humans themselves- lao tzu will look to nature to answer his questions about sage status. To be a sage to lao tzu is to live in accordance with nature (nature being the dao) Ancient legends from 604 bc: a woman had conceived a child 62 years earlier while looking at falling stars (immaculate conception) already had grey hair defi(cid:374)i(cid:374)g (cid:374)ature page 133: origi(cid:374)ally dao (cid:373)ea(cid:374)t (cid:862)road(cid:863).
