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The Tao of Pooh Group 6: Peter Yoon, Scott Cho, Won Woo Jung = = =

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 * 28. What is the “Great Nothing?” (143) **
 * -- It is the 'something' that unlocks the doors to wisdom, happiness and truth. To do **
 * something is actually nothing. **


 * 29. Why is an “Empty sort of mind” so valuable according to Taoism? (146-7) **
 * -- It lets one see what is there as it is instead of concerning oneself with knowledge, **
 * cleverness or abstract ideas. **


 * 30. Interpret the following quote: “To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain **
 * wisdom, remove things every day.” (148-9) **
 * -- Knowledge involves constant learning, or adding; wisdom and the Way involves forgetting, removing, to get to Nothing. **


 * 31. Why is the child the highest stage of development? (151) **
 * -- A child is independent, clear minded and all seeing. Having a clear mind you can achieve **


 * 32. Why may knowledge and cleverness destroy life as we know it? (154) **
 * -- They are the wrong ways of looking for things. The application of the knowledge creates more problems than it solves. **** Knowledge and cleverness destroy life because you can't search for wisdom, just by being smart. Also having knowledge and being clever is Confucian ideals, and Daoism disagrees with Confucian ideals. **

**Discussion Questions** **1) What do you think is more valuable, to have a lot of things(knowledge), or nothing at all(empty mind)?**