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Zhuangzi
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Zhuangzi [ˈʒwæŋˈziː], Chuang-tzu
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(Biographies / Zhuangzi (?369 bc-286 bc) M, Chinese, PHILOSOPHY: philosopher) ?369-286 bc, Chinese philosopher, who greatly influenced Chinese religion through the book of Taoist philosophy that bears his name
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Although Dick never alluded to it, this sense of not being able to know what reality really is reminded me of the Taoist sage Chuang Tsu's dream that he was a butterfly: it wasn't clear to him whether he was Chuang Tsu dreaming that he was a butterfly, or a butterfly dreaming that he was Chuang Tsu.
A real Gnostic gospel: the fiction of Philip K. Dick by Garvey, John / Commonweal
 
 
 
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