the little-known 6th-century Taoist text called the Bai Yao Lu (Statutes of the Hundred Remedies) was created as a practical guide to what enlightened or sagely behavior looks like-and each of the 100 spiritual remedies are just as relevant today as they were when written more than 1
Long—one of the world’s leading authorities on Stoicism and a pioneer in its remarkable contemporary revival—provides a superb new edition of Epictetus’s celebrated guide to the Stoic philosophy of life (the Encheiridion) along with a selection of related reflections in his Discourses
This edition includes the controversial last chapter not published in the first edition
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including people's encounters with them from trip reports and scientific studies
The Story of Little Big Blue Walking Shoes Science_Gift_Guide the little-known 6th-century Taoist textThis is the story of a very poor little girl who lived in the ghetto. One day as she was out walking, she happened to see two raggedy, holey, torn, blue shoes in a trash pile near the dump that had fallen off the truck. Although the shoes were way too big for her little feet, to her they were the most beautiful shoes she had ever seen. Every day as soon as she rose from bed, she would slip on her big blue shoes, in spite of all her friends making fun