RE: Analysis of the Tao Te Ching, with Connections to Other Traditions — Chapter 1

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Analysis of the Tao Te Ching, with Connections to Other Traditions — Chapter 1

in philosophy •  7 years ago  (edited)

I've run my feeble beginner steempower down, so an upvote from me isn't going to be worth much. But I have to say, I really enjoyed reading this, and your comparison and synthesis of ideas from different traditions is interesting and well-written. This is, yet again, a good argument for the idea that our contact with reality is mediated (though our senses, mental architecture, language biases etc.) rather than immediate.

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An upvote is an upvote :) Glad you liked it! This is the type of thing I often think about for fun lol.

BTW, do you think I should do more of these? I want to, but I'm not sure there would be too big of an audience for it, though I could be wrong. I mean, I like to think about this stuff and write something now and then, but I'd have more drive to do a lot more and on a consistent basis if people are actually going to read it.

I've only been on here for 4 days, so I'm the wrong person to ask. That, and if I was interested in writing stuff that lots of people were going to read, I wouldn't have done a PhD in philosophy :D

Lol. True. I have a degree in philosophy, too, but not a PhD. I've always preferred the religious studies side of things, though. In particular, I love the Perennial philosophy stuff. Seeing how things might be connected under the surface of language and culture is just so fascinating; of course I also like Jung's ideas and the work of Joseph Campbell.

Anyway, I guess I'll find out how popular my writing gets.