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4.12 AVERAGE
4.12 AVERAGE
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medium-paced
It was a quick read and had some good philosophy in it - a few seemed similar to aspects in Christianity (greed is bad, love is important, less is more, etc). Some ideas I found a little weird. I dont read philosophy books very much, so this isn't quite in my genre, but I wanted to give it a try and do the PewdiePie reading challenge (from YouTube). Would rate it 1 star, except I listened to the audiobook while I worked yesterday, and the length was only an hour and 40 minutes and it gave some background noise while I worked.
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Definitely need to re-read and reflect on it some more. But I finished an initial read through.
The Notes in the Chapters section was interesting to read. However I was reading in on my phone and because of the formatting it was difficult to wrotch between the notes and the final version so I eventually gave up...
The Notes in the Chapters section was interesting to read. However I was reading in on my phone and because of the formatting it was difficult to wrotch between the notes and the final version so I eventually gave up...
Hmmm idk, I think I’ll try another translation of this one day and see how I feel.
Taoism, in general, is an interesting philosophy. I see it as more of an artistic effort than something meaningful, though perhaps I am a bit too rationalistic for it to suit.
I probably would have abandoned it if I wasn't doing it as audio in the background while cooking or doing other chores and I spent the first half if it trying to figure out its vibe which I'm not sure I ever quite did. Overall I enjoyed it as something in the background, but it certainly wasn't too meaningful, though there are a few insightful thoughts here.
I probably would have abandoned it if I wasn't doing it as audio in the background while cooking or doing other chores and I spent the first half if it trying to figure out its vibe which I'm not sure I ever quite did. Overall I enjoyed it as something in the background, but it certainly wasn't too meaningful, though there are a few insightful thoughts here.
There's a lot of tightly-packed wisdom in this book. Based on Le Guin's notes I'm glad I read this version as it seems more simply rendered, with less bias, and potentially less cruft from copying of the text over the millennia.
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