# The Taoism Reader

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- Book: [The Taoism Reader](https://www.bookquiver.com/thomas-cleary/the-taoism-reader) ([The Taoism Reader.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/thomas-cleary/the-taoism-reader.md))
- Authors: [Thomas Cleary](https://www.bookquiver.com/thomas-cleary)
- Publisher: shambhala
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-08-3482-780-6
- Published: 2012-06-12
- Language: en_US
- Binding: E-book

## Description

From the time of its earliest sages in prehistoric China, Taoism has looked to the underlying Way of all things (the Tao) as a guide to thoughts and actions. For the Taoists, the patterns of nature revealed...