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245 10 a| Ancient wisdoms for modern crises :b| learning from Laozi's "Daodejing" /c| Steve Hallett.;

264 1 a| West Lafayette, Ind. :b| Purdue University Press,c| [2026].;

300 a| viii, 204 pages ;c| 23 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Prologue: Wise ancients? -- The ways of nature -- Everything changes -- The uncarved block -- The ecology of everything -- Emergence -- Ten steps on the Cosmic Path -- Beyond human being -- How long is the present? -- The ways of people -- One fight -- Our invasive species -- The causes of war -- The tragedy of the Commons -- The middle path of democracy -- Capitalist realism -- Shape the path -- Nonviolent resistance -- Build resilience -- Slow down, do less -- Quality and beauty -- Be like water -- The path has no beginning and no end -- The ways of the mind -- The elephant and the rider -- Meditation and mindfulness -- Manage your monkey-mind -- The middle path for the mind -- The middle path between Yin and Yang -- Resilience for the mind -- Let your self go -- Awakenings and enlightenment -- Meetings of the minds -- Love thy neighbor -- The righteous mind -- On free will and justice -- Letting go -- The Daodejing of Laozi;

520 a| "We live in a time of abundance and comfort for some, scarcity and hardship for others--a period that seems to have all of us teetering on the brink. Certainly, there is no lack of modern crises, but do we possess the wisdom to overcome them, and where might we seek that wisdom? Ancient Wisdoms for Modern Crises: Learning From Laozi's "Daodejing" looks to the Daodejing, a text written during the late Zhou Dynasty (600-400 BCE), for guidance. One of the core treatises of Eastern philosophy, it advocates humility, simplicity, and sustainable living. As both a personal and political philosophy, it is radically gentle, encouraging readers to embrace humility, modesty, compassion, and selflessness while simultaneously resisting the urge to conquer, control, and dominate--teachings that can help each of us navigate contemporary life. Finding solutions to such difficult problems requires all the wisdom, ancient and modern, that humans can muster. Replete with the author's fresh translation of the eighty-one-verse Daodejing, this book touches on topics ranging from environmentalism and human suffering to biodiversity loss and the rise of authoritarianism in an effort to forge a more restrained, sustainable, just, supportive, and compassionate society." -Back cover.;

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Ancient wisdoms for modern crises : learning from Laozi's "Daodejing" / Steve Hallett.

Author/creator	Hallett, Steve, 1966- author.
Other author	Laozi, author.
Format	Book
Publication	West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, [2026].
Description	viii, 204 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects	Laozi. Dao de jing. English. (Hallett) Laozi. Dao de jing--Criticism and interpretation. Taoism. Philosophy, Chinese--To 221 B.C.

Contents	Prologue: Wise ancients? -- The ways of nature -- Everything changes -- The uncarved block -- The ecology of everything -- Emergence -- Ten steps on the Cosmic Path -- Beyond human being -- How long is the present? -- The ways of people -- One fight -- Our invasive species -- The causes of war -- The tragedy of the Commons -- The middle path of democracy -- Capitalist realism -- Shape the path -- Nonviolent resistance -- Build resilience -- Slow down, do less -- Quality and beauty -- Be like water -- The path has no beginning and no end -- The ways of the mind -- The elephant and the rider -- Meditation and mindfulness -- Manage your monkey-mind -- The middle path for the mind -- The middle path between Yin and Yang -- Resilience for the mind -- Let your self go -- Awakenings and enlightenment -- Meetings of the minds -- Love thy neighbor -- The righteous mind -- On free will and justice -- Letting go -- The Daodejing of Laozi
Abstract	"We live in a time of abundance and comfort for some, scarcity and hardship for others--a period that seems to have all of us teetering on the brink. Certainly, there is no lack of modern crises, but do we possess the wisdom to overcome them, and where might we seek that wisdom? Ancient Wisdoms for Modern Crises: Learning From Laozi's "Daodejing" looks to the Daodejing, a text written during the late Zhou Dynasty (600-400 BCE), for guidance. One of the core treatises of Eastern philosophy, it advocates humility, simplicity, and sustainable living. As both a personal and political philosophy, it is radically gentle, encouraging readers to embrace humility, modesty, compassion, and selflessness while simultaneously resisting the urge to conquer, control, and dominate--teachings that can help each of us navigate contemporary life. Finding solutions to such difficult problems requires all the wisdom, ancient and modern, that humans can muster. Replete with the author's fresh translation of the eighty-one-verse Daodejing, this book touches on topics ranging from environmentalism and human suffering to biodiversity loss and the rise of authoritarianism in an effort to forge a more restrained, sustainable, just, supportive, and compassionate society." -Back cover.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/form	Criticism, interpretation, etc.
ISBN	9781626712959
ISBN	1626712956

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