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The Three Principle Texts of Daoism translated by ... - Bad Request

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TTaohe MysteriousImmanence <strong>of</strong>1.THE Penumbra said to the Umbra, “At one moment youmove: at another you are at rest. At one moment you sitdown: at another you get up. Why this instability <strong>of</strong>purpose?"“I depend," replied the Umbra, “upon something whichcauses me to do as I do; and that something depends inturn upon something else which causes it to do as it does.My dependence is like that <strong>of</strong> a snake's scales or <strong>of</strong> acicada's wings. How can I tell why I do one thing, or whyI do not do another?"

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