The philosophy of Lao-Tze is consciously paradoxical and poetic: therapeutic and deconstructional rather than analytic.
Lao-Tze \'s exhortation to act while not-acting or \'doing nothing\' has astonished and fascinated Chinese and Westerners alike..
It offers a guide to practical action which verges on mysticism: how to exercise strength without needing to be strong, how to win by yielding.
The philosophy of Lao-Tze is consciously paradoxical and poetic: therapeutic and deconstructional rather than analytic