Ep. 311: Understanding the Dao De Jing (Part One)

<p>On the <em>Daodejing</em> (Tao Te Ching) by Laozi (ca. 500 BCE), with guest Theodore Brooks.</p> <p>We talk about the wildly different, interpretive translations of this foundational Daoist (Taoist) text, its political views, and what the Dao might actually be.</p> <p>Get more at <a href="https://partiallyexaminedlife.com/">partiallyexaminedlife.com</a>. Visit <a href="https://partiallyexaminedlife.com/support">partiallyexaminedlife.com/support</a> to get ad-free episodes and tons of bonus discussion.</p> <p>Sponsor: Check out the Continuing the Conversation web series by St. John's College at <a title="" href="https://www.sjc.edu/">sjc.edu</a>.</p> <p><em><a href="https://partiallyexaminedlife.com/live">Buy tickets to attend or live-stream our discussion of Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov in NYC on April 15</a></em>.</p>