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This 3 page paper discusses the concept of non-action as described in the "Daodejing" by LaoTze. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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known as the Tao Te Ching (Tao Te Ching, 2006). The book is not a text per se, but a collection of maxims (instructions) on how to live. This paper
is concerned with those parts of the text that discuss non-action. Discussion There are many chapters that discuss non-action. We can look at some of them briefly and then see
how they relate to one another. The entire text is very short; its comprised of only 81 chapters that have a few lines each. Chapter 2 says "The sage
experiences without abstraction, / And accomplishes without action; / He accepts the ebb and flow of things, / Nurtures them, but does not own them, / And lives, but does
not dwell" (LaoTze, 1995). Chapter 3 offers these lines: "If no action is taken / harmony remains" (LaoTze, 1995). In Chapter 10, we read "Giving without demanding / this
is harmony" (LaoTze, 1995). Chapter 37 says "The Way takes no action, but leaves nothing undone" (LaoTze, 1995). Chapter 43 says "Water overcomes the stone; / Without substance it requires
no opening; /This is the benefit of taking no action. // Yet benefit without action, / And experience without abstraction, / Are practiced by very few" (LaoTze, 1995). Chapter
48 is actually entitled "Inaction," and is as follows: "The follower of knowledge learns as much as he can every day; / The follower of the Way forgets as
much as he can every day. // By attrition he reaches a state of inaction / Wherein he does nothing, but nothing remains undone. // To conquer the world, accomplish
nothing; / If you must accomplish something, The world remains beyond conquest" (LaoTze, 1995). Finally, Chapter 57, entitled "Conquer with Inaction," says "Do not control the people with laws, /
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