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The texts of Taoism, specifically The Tao Te Ching of Lao-Tzu, are instructive here on the event of Learning as occurring in the Leap into the mystery of Being, which appears to us as the openness of an abyss, a primeval chaos. Becoming teachable, we have said, is to be re-posed in the repose, the dignified calm of letting-be. With Learning we Leap into the emptiness, and we become open to the circulation of Being, the movement of presencing.
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Duarte, E. (2012). The Way of Lao-Tzu. In: Duarte, E.M. (eds) Being and Learning. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-948-0_4
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