Basic aspects of daoist philosophy

摘要

This paper will outline three basic themes of Daoist philosophy: (a) Daoist non-anthropocentrism or the notion of dao 道(or tian dao 天道) (b) Daoist non-agency or wu wei 無為, and (c) the Daoist “acosmotic” notion of ziran 自然. It explores how these themes are not only cosmologically relevant, but also epistemologically, existentially, and, in particular, socio-politically significant.