The next set of nine passages of the Dao De Jing of Laotze. Translated by Bob Gonzalez. EPITOME presented passages 1-9, as well as an introduction to the work and its author, in episode 21.
Greek philosopher Pythagoras, while sojourning in India, encounters an herb, an oyster, and a mob of Hindus bent on burning two men at the stakes for the perceived heresies of questioning religious traditional wisdom.
More aphorisms and commentary from Balthasar Gracián, the 17th century Spanish Jesuit philosopher, offering counsel on surviving and thriving in the life of the court and society in general.
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