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"The Reason that can be reasoned is not the eternal Reason. The name that can be named is not the eternal Name." - Tao Te Ching Chapter 1

• maxbond 2y ago
  I know this is off topic but translating "tao" as "reason" seems antithetical to taoism. A lot of taoist philosophy and practice is about suspending your intellectual faculties and perceiving the world in a more unfiltered and intuitive manner. But I don't know anything about Chinese, maybe there's some scholarship justifying it that I'm not aware of.
  • HKH2 2y ago
    You're right. "Way" is the standard translation for "道", then and now. Reason is confined to rationality, but the way is not.
  • DaoVeles 2y ago
    Now that I look at it, that is a very odd translation. I mean it gets the point across but 'reason' is not a great word for it.