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The great sage Laozi once said: "Ugh fine, here are the ancient secrets of the universe, can I please disappear into the mountains now?" Powerful stuff, really makes you think.
SOURCES & Further Reading:
“Tao Te Ching Lao-Tzu” translated by Stephen Addiss and Stanley Lombardo, Introduction by Burton Watson
“Laozi and Daoism – The Way of Nature” from Great Courses lecture series “Great Minds of the Eastern Intellectual Tradition” by Grant Hardy
“Daoism and the Daodejing” and “The Three Caverns of Daoist Scriptures” from Great Courses lecture series “Sacred Texts of the World” by Grant Hardy
“Records of the Grand Historian” by Sima Qian via Project Gutenberg, Google translated (gutenberg.org/cache/epub/24226/pg24226-images.html)
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"Nascence" by Austin Wintory, from "Traveler - A Journey Symphony"
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The great sage Laozi once said: "Ugh fine, here are the ancient secrets of the universe, can I please disappear into the mountains now?" Powerful stuff, really makes you think.
SOURCES & Further Reading:
“Tao Te Ching Lao-Tzu” translated by Stephen Addiss and Stanley Lombardo, Introduction by Burton Watson
“Laozi and Daoism – The Way of Nature” from Great Courses lecture series “Great Minds of the Eastern Intellectual Tradition” by Grant Hardy
“Daoism and the Daodejing” and “The Three Caverns of Daoist Scriptures” from Great Courses lecture series “Sacred Texts of the World” by Grant Hardy
“Records of the Grand Historian” by Sima Qian via Project Gutenberg, Google translated (gutenberg.org/cache/epub/24226/pg24226-images.html)
MUSIC:
"The Decision" by Austin Wintory, from "Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical"
"Nascence" by Austin Wintory, from "Traveler - A Journey Symphony"
Our content is intended for teenage audiences and up.
PRE-ORDER AURORA VOLUME 1: comicaurora.com/books
PATREON: Patreon.com/OSP
PODCAST: https://overlysarcasticpodcast.transistor.fm/subscribe
DISCORD: discord.gg/osp
MERCH: https://overlysarcastic.shop/
OUR WEBSITE: OverlySarcasticProductions.com
Find us on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/overlysarcastic.bsky.social
Find us on Reddit Reddit.com/r/OSP
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