What Is Tao? by Alan Watts

What Is Tao? by Alan Watts

In this overview, Eastern philosophies scholar Alan Watts offers an entertaining and brilliant synthesis of Taoism as it is portrayed in the teachings of some of its most classic worksincluding the The Art of War, the I-Ching, Tao te Ching, and Zhuangzi. Through a lively explanation of the essential ideas and concepts of Taoist thought, Watts presents Tao as a personal practice of liberation and explains the role that corresponds to every person as an individual endowed with free will in a world whose norms change constantly.This explorationdemonstrates the reach that this ancient Eastern wisdom can have on hectic modern lives.En esta perspectiva general, Alan Watts, erudito en filosofias orientales, ofrece una sintesis amena y brillante del taoismo, tal y como aparece en las ensenanzas de sus grandes clasicos: el Arte de la Guerra, el I-Ching, el Tao te king y el Zhuang Zi. A traves de una exposicion viva de las ideas y los conceptos esenciales del pensamiento taoista, Watts presenta al Tao como una practica personal de liberacion y explica el papel que le corresponde a cada persona como un individuo dotado de libre albedrio en un mundo cuyas pautas cambian continuamente. Esta exploracion muestra el alcance que esta antigua sabiduria oriental puede tener en la ajetreada vida actual.

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