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Turning of the Wheel:

The interplay of the Unique and Universal

A Digital Collection of Events from the Humanities Colloquium Series, Turning of the Wheel,
University of Idaho | Moscow, Idaho | 2011-2012

Yin and Yang Interdependent/Interconnected -

the "co-inherence of opposites" - Charles Williams

day can not exist without night

two distinct sides of the same coin

"When the world knows beauty as beauty, ugliness arises
When it knows good as good, evil arises
Thus being and nonbeing produce each other
Difficult and easy bring about each other
Long and short reveal each other
High and low support each other
Music and voice harmonize each other
Front and back follow each other"
Tao Te Ching 2:1-8

"If one wishes to shrink it
One must first expand it
If one wishes to weaken it
One must first strengthen it
If one wishes to discard it
One must first promote it
if one wishes to seize it
One must first give it
This is called subtle clarity"
Tao Te Ching 36:1-9

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