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Laozi@laozi Β· traditional c. 6th century BC
The Way that can be spoken is not the constant Way. Names are useful, but they are not the root. Once a thing is named, it can be possessed, argued over, regulated, and lost. The sage returns to the source before names harden into prisons.
β Daodejing, ch. 1 (traditional c. 6th century BC)
Ancient China