The Tao Te Ching, along with the Zhuangzi, is a fundamental text for both philosophical and religious Taoism. It also strongly influenced other schools of Chinese philosophy and religion, including Legalism, Confucianism, and Buddhism, which was largely interpreted through the use of Taoist words and concepts when it was originally introduced to China. Many Chinese artists, including poets, painters, calligraphers, and gardeners, have used the Tao Te Ching as a source of inspiration. Its influence has spread widely outside East Asia and it is among the most translated works in world literature 道 tao/dao literally means "way", or one of its synonyms, but was extended to mean "the Way". (It is really pronounced 'Dao' in China, but I've kept with the western pronunciation as the Wade Giles pin yin is used in the copy I read from). This term, which was variously used by other Chinese philosophers, has special meaning within the context of Taoism, where it implies the essential, unnameable process of the universe. 德 tê means "virtue", "personal character", "inner strength" (virtuosity), or "integrity". The semantics of this Chinese word resemble English virtue, which developed from the Italian virtù, an archaic sense of "inner potency" or "divine power" (as in "healing virtue of a drug") to the modern meaning of "moral excellence" or "goodness". Compare the compound word 道德 (pinyin: dàodé; Wade–Giles: tao⁴-tê²), literally "ethics", "ethical principles", "morals" or "morality". 經 ching as it is used here means "canon", "great book", or "classic". My recordings on Audible: https://geni.us/VoxStoicaOnAudible This Translation online: https://terebess.hu/english/tao/gia.html This Translation Amazon: http://geni.us/TaoTeChing_FungGiaFu (affiliate link) An Alternative popular translation: http://geni.us/TaoTeChing_SMitchell (affiliate link) This is my own recording of the text, if you would like to donate to support me you can use any of the following means: Buy my recordings on Audible: https://geni.us/VoxStoicaOnAudible Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/RobinHomer BTC: bc1qcwzyyttaf6td6lgk8cmtcq2qkp0s5l2uwmuume  BCH: qz4hhzc5mvklv25ntktza66s3sqfttsfnqpcfelkdw 0:00 Start 00:14 One 00:52 Two 01:47 Three 02:21 Four 02:49 Five 03:19 Six 03:37 Seven 04:01 Eight 04:40 Nine 05:07 Ten 05:59 Eleven 06:27 Twelve 06:54 Thirteen 07:42 Fourteen 08:39 Fifteen 09:37 Sixteen 10:38 Seventeen 11:05 Eighteen 11:31 Nineteen 12:12 Twenty 13:30 Twenty One 14:14 Twenty Two 15:07 Twenty Three 15:59 Twenty Four 16:38 Twenty Five 17:36 Twenty Six 18:10 Twenty Seven 19:05 Twenty Eight 20:03 Twenty Nine 20:47 Thirty 21:43 Thirty One 22:53 Thirty Two 23:35 Thirty Three 24:06 Thirty Four 24:46 Thirty Five 25:11 Thirty Six 25:43 Thirty Seven 26:14 Thirty Eight 27:37 Thi ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRnN_RBBCxI

The Moral Letter to Lucilius are a collection of 124 letters which were written by Seneca the Younger at the end of his life, during his retirement, and written after he had worked for the Emperor Nero for fifteen years. (These Moral Letters are the same letters which Tim Ferriss promotes in the Tao of Seneca) Translated by Richard Mott Gummere https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Moral_letters_to_Lucilius/ Book on Amazon : https://geni.us/SupportMeSenecaLetters (affiliate) My recordings on Audible: https://geni.us/VoxStoicaOnAudible Support me here: SubscribeStar: https://www.subscribestar.com/intpworld Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/RobinHomer Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/RobinHomer BTC: bc1qcwzyyttaf6td6lgk8cmtcq2qkp0s5l2uwmuume BCH: qz4hhzc5mvklv25ntktza66s3sqfttsfnqpcfelkdw (Note to YouTube: This is my own recording, it is not taken from anywhere else. I retain the copyright) Notes: #Stoicism #Seneca #Vox Stoica ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQbLheUHxRM