He is known as the reputed author of the Tao Te Ching. He wrote the Tao te Ching to give his disciples something to remember him by. The Tao te Ching has “a rhetorical style that combines two major strategies: short, declarative and intentional contradictions” (Tzu 158). The overall argument of the Tao te Ching is that human beings constitute a small part of a larger whole which is referred to in the reading as the Tao or the way. “Humans cannot change the way, it goes on with or without our presence” (Tzu 158).This falls within the lines of destiny. If something is meant to happen it will happen and human beings cannot stop it. Lao Tzu’s thoughts on government is of a ruler that will make changes or orders that works with the natural order of things. His thoughts compares those with democracy because he describes a ruler who does not make changes simply for the fact of making changes. They should make changes for the people. The ruler should work with and not against the natural order of the universe. The ruler should work with the people and not
He is known as the reputed author of the Tao Te Ching. He wrote the Tao te Ching to give his disciples something to remember him by. The Tao te Ching has “a rhetorical style that combines two major strategies: short, declarative and intentional contradictions” (Tzu 158). The overall argument of the Tao te Ching is that human beings constitute a small part of a larger whole which is referred to in the reading as the Tao or the way. “Humans cannot change the way, it goes on with or without our presence” (Tzu 158).This falls within the lines of destiny. If something is meant to happen it will happen and human beings cannot stop it. Lao Tzu’s thoughts on government is of a ruler that will make changes or orders that works with the natural order of things. His thoughts compares those with democracy because he describes a ruler who does not make changes simply for the fact of making changes. They should make changes for the people. The ruler should work with and not against the natural order of the universe. The ruler should work with the people and not