2007-08-24 09:59:58 · 2 answers · asked by ỉη ץ٥ڵ 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Um, I don't really know what you're asking because you just answered your own question.
2007-08-24 14:58:59 · answer #1 · answered by Hot Coco Puff 7 · 7⤊ 0⤋
All in the world know the beauty of the beautiful, and in doing this they have the idea of ugliness; they all know the skill of the skillful, and in doing this they have the idea of what the want of skill is.
So it is that existence and non-existence give birth the one to the idea of the other; that difficulty and ease produce the through the one the idea of the other; that the ideas of height and lowness arise from the contrast of the one with the other; that the musical notes and tones become harmonious through the relation of one with another; and that being before and behind give the idea of one following the other.
Therefore the sage manages affairs without doing anything, and conveys his instructions without the use of speech.
All things spring up, and there is not one which declines to show itself; they grow, and there is no claim made for their ownership; they go through their processes, and there is no expectation. The work is accomplished, and there is no resting in it. Lao Tzu
2007-08-24 17:17:54 · answer #2 · answered by doc_up72 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋