Tao Te Ching
The Power of Goodness, the Wisdom Beyond Words
“With what a salutary shock did the paradoxes of Rousseau explode like bombshells in the midst of those lost in admiration of what is called civilization, of the marvels of modern science. Dislocating the compact mass of one-sided opinion, and forcing its elements to recombine in a better form and with additional ingredients. Rousseau's doctrine has floated down the stream of opinion... the superior worth of simplicity, the enervating and demoralizing effect of the trammels and hypocrisies of artificial society... ideas which have never been entirely absent from cultivated minds since Rousseau wrote; and they will in time produce their due effect”
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