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Laozi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Lao Tzu (also spelled Laozi) is a major figure in Chinese philosophy whose historical existence is debated. Chinese tradition states that he lived in the 6th century BCE. Many modern scholars state that he may have lived in approximately the 4th century BCE, during the Hundred Schools of Thought and Warring States Periods. Lao Tzu is credited with writing the seminal Taoist work, the Tao Te Ching, and became a popular deity in the Taoist religion's pantheon. ..." |
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The Ancient Chinese Libertarian Tradition, by Murray N. Rothbard, The Journal of Libertarian Studies, 1990
"The first libertarian intellectual was Lao-tzu, the founder of Taoism. ... For Lao-tzu the individual and his happiness was the key unit and goal of society. If social institutions hampered the individual's flowering and his happiness, then those institutions should be reduced or abolished altogether." |
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