How do I know that wanting to live is not a mistake? How do I know that hating death is not like a man who, having left home in his youth, has forgotten the way back?
Daoist philosopher
How do I know that wanting to live is not a mistake? How do I know that hating death is not like a man who, having left home in his youth, has forgotten the way back?
Daoist philosopher
Zhuangzi (Book 2, Discussion on Making All Things Equal)
c. 4th century BCE
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