The Philosophy of the Daodejing

PREFACE The Philosophy of the Daodejing ix CHAPTER ONE How to Read the Daodejing 1(20) CHAPTER TWO The Dao of Sex 21(12) CHAPTER THREE Yin & Yang, Dao & De 33(22) CHAPTER FOUR Paradox Politics 55(20) CHAPTER FIVE On War 75(12) CHAPTER SIX Masters of Satisfaction (Desires, Emotions, and Addictions) 87(12) CHAPTER SEVEN Indifference and Negative Ethics 99(12) CHAPTER EIGHT Permanence and Eternity 111(10) CHAPTER NINE Death and the Death Penalty 121(12) CHAPTER TEN "Without the Impulses of Man": A Daoist Critique of Humanism 133(14) APPENDIX 1 A Note on the Textual History of the Daodejing 147(2) APPENDIX 2 A Note on English Translations of the Daodejing 149(4) NOTES 153(8) INDEX 161