John: In the time of Lao Tzu and Chuang Tzu, the Chinese--particularly the Taoists--employed a phrase intended to designate all the noteworthy objects, substances and creatures in Creation: "The ten Thousand Things."... .
"Ten Thousand Things" is no childish synonym for "lots and lots of things": it is a phrase that implies horizontal limits to man's comprehension; it is a phrase that implies that these horizontal limits should be self-imposed, and that Tao must be sought through vertical, transrational leaps; it is a phrase that implies that one cannot seek while forever counting; it is a phrase that implies that Tao will finally be found in the *nature* and not in the * number* of things. Andre: Lovely quote John. Thank you! Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
