Posted by Mike Berro on July 13, 1999 at 19:28:21:
In Reply to: The Connatic as the perfect Taoist posted by Martin G. on July 13, 1999 at 15:37:07:
: ""Govern the State by being straightforward; wage war by being crafty; but win the empire by not being meddlesome...Hence the sage says, I take no action and the people are transformed of themselves..." (Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching, Book II, ch. LVII, 31-133)
: There's more...comments anyone? "
There's lots more. However, I don't know that "winning the empire" applies to the Connatic, let alone "being straightforward."
By the way, the "Arbiter" series by L. Warren Douglas is about a Connatic-like character. In the first book, "Stepwater", Vance gets the first paragraph in the Acnowledgements. Douglas does not have Vance's flair for dialogue, but it was an entertaining read.
---Mike