HPC 38. Easy Does It: Non-Action in the Laozi

from History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China · host Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

The concept of wuwei or “non-action”: does it mean that the perfect sage or political ruler simply never does anything?

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