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All text and original images in this blog © 1990-2010 by William P. Coleman. Some rights reserved. You may reuse only as specified in the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License or by written permission.About me
If you'd like to know more about me, please see the About page. My qualifications for the scientific entries are in my CV.
I see no reason to segregate scientific and technical posts from humanistic ones. In my life, scientific concerns mix with ethical ones, and they shade into a philosophical interest in the nature of cognition and the nature of people. Doing science is as creative as writing fiction, and I get inspiration for both from the same gods.
You will find little here on current politics. I'm an activist, but not in symptoms. Experience in martial arts shows me that the sure way to lose is reactivity; but if you stay cool and remember your training and what you're there for then you achieve goals and, when conflict is unavoidable, you fight and win. The idea of the liberal arts I was brought up in is that broad understanding of cultures and ideas gives you deeper, better goals -- making success more likely and more satisfying. Negatively, the hysteria since 9/11 shows how a country frightened and reactive can destroy itself more than an enemy can. I'm trying to contribute by changing the terms of discourse. . . . As Allen Ginsberg wrote, "America, I'm putting my queer shoulder to the wheel."
One fact shouldn't require special mention, but it sometimes does: namely that I'm gay. This blog is not primarily about being gay, but the topic sometimes comes up. I'm proud of being gay and do not hide. Muse
Tag Archives: Tao
Laozi, Chapter 19
Daodejing — The Classic About Ways and Instances Translated by William P. Coleman If holiness disappears and wisdom is thrown away, then people benefit a hundred ways. If benevolence disappears and righteousness is thrown away, then people return to filial … Continue reading
Posted in Laozi, Tao
Tagged Ancient China, Daodejing, Lao Tse, Lao Tze, Lao Tzu, Laotse, Laozi, life, Tai Chi, Tao, Tao Te Ching, Taoism, thoughts, translation
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Wang Wei — My Retreat at Chung-nan Mountain
My Retreat at Chung-nan Mountain Wang Wei 701-761 CE (translated by William P. Coleman) In the middle of my life, I was very fond of tao; now my home is in the south, by this mountain. When inspiration comes, I … Continue reading
Posted in Chinese poetry, Poetry, Tao, Wang Wei
Tagged Chinese poetry, My Retreat at Chung-nan Mountain, poem, Poetry, Tang Dynasty poet, Tao, Taoism, translation, Wang Wei
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