Motif
cosmic cycle used to explain existence and non-existence
cosmic_cycle_used_to_explain_existence_and_non_existence
A motif of the Duality and Cosmic Opposition family, within the sub-family Cosmic cycles, dawn/night struggle, and elemental conflict. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer THE SECRET OF LIFE. / CHAPTER XX. / MOUNTAIN TREES. / CHAPTER XXI.; lines 8733-8884 confidence: medium
Confucius says the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, illuminates all places, and that its coming forth is existence while its disappearance is non-existence; every human being has that upon which death or life depends.
Confucius uses the daily course of the sun—rising, setting, illuminating, appearing, and disappearing—to explain existence, non-existence, and what life and death depend upon.
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