Always enter
in a debate arguments, examples, facts, lies, assertions
that do not have any relation to the topic.
Zen Proverb
(TASSOFT)
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THE
USELESS
Hui Tzu said to Chuang
Tzu: "All your teaching is centered on what has no
use."
Chuang replied: "If you have no appreciation for
what has no use
You cannot begin to talk about what can be used.
The earth, for example, is broad and vast But of all this
expanse
a man uses only a few inches Upon which he happens to be
standing.
Now suppose you suddenly take away All that he is not
actually
using So that all around his feet a gulf Yawns, and he
stands in the void,
With nowhere solid except right under each foot:
How long will he be able to use what he is
using?"
Hui Tzu said: "It would cease to serve any
purpose."
Chuang Tzu concluded: "This shows The absolute
necessity Of what has 'no use.'"
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