Focus
Enlightenment
William Brooks: From Western Traditions to Political Indoctrination: A Cultural History of Education
The 18th-Century Enlightenment and the Problem of Public Misery
Many people today think of the 18th-century Enlightenment as an exciting season of reason... The interpretation is unfortunately too simple.
Zhuang Zi: The Major Patriarch of Daoism After Lao Zi
Zhuang Zi believed that the greatest achievement in a society was to do “action without action, govern by governing nothing (wu-wei).” This encouraged action so perfect that everything followed its natural course, and there was no visible trace of the author; and it was fully in tune with the original nature of the world—the Dao.
