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The course and nature of things is such that What was in front is now behind; What warmed anon we freezing find.

— Laozi

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From Chapter 29 (James Legge translation) of The Tao Teh King. Read the surrounding argument as well as the excerpt; its historical language and philosophical assumptions shape its meaning.

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Source: The Tao Teh King , Chapter 29 (James Legge translation)

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