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Lao Tzu
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Lao Tzu also Lao-tse or Lao·zi  (loudz) fl. sixth century b.c.
Chinese philosopher who is traditionally regarded as the founder of Taoism. The Dao De Jing is attributed to him.


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He is perhaps in greater agreement with Laozi and the Daoists than with Confucius (who never proposed that humans possessed innate goodness) in this regard.
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Now some thinkers, including Zhuangzi and the legendary Laozi, focused on a naturalistic interpretation of that concept as a way out of the chaos of their age.
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Alternative spellings: Lao Tze, Lao Tsu, Lao Tzu, Laozi, Laotze, etc.
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