![]() ![]() ![]() Why wouldn't I, I mean hello -plenty of books! I was in my usual section, the section where I found Lolita, and was browsing, not really searching for something except maybe a future read. I have so many books at home I could read, but of course my friend asks me to go to the library with her and of course I had to say yes. He seems awfully sharp, able to cut straight into the center of a knotty problem, for example. I mean, it's a big country that has a long history did all its people really draw on the same cultural traditions?Īlso, I want to find out more by, and about, this philosopher Yen Tzu. Speaking of Chinese things, I think maybe there should have been a map and timeline for better context. I don't know whether I agree with the conclusion that we can indeed feel another's joy, or pain, without experiencing what they're feeling. ![]() I also particularly liked "The Fish Rejoice" in which two amateur philosophers debate how effectively anyone can truly empathize with another. But the man found his axe while he was digging in the valley, and the next time he saw his neighbor's son, the boy walked, looked, and spoke like any other child." The boy walked like a thief, looked like a thief, and spoke like a thief. "A man whose axe was missing suspected his neighbor's son. re the rivalry between the Confucians and the Taoists, is helpful. And the introduction, that gives just a bit of historical context, esp. ![]() I liked the numerous short fables even better than the stories. ![]()
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