Unlike the notable apologist for the rule of philosopher-bureaucrats, however, Lao-tzu developed a radical libertarian creed. For Lao-tzu the individual and his happiness was the key unit and goal of society. If social institutions hampered the individuals flowering and his happiness, then those institutions should be reduced or abolished altogether. To the individualist Lao-tzu, government, with its laws and regulations more numerous than the hairs of an ox, was a vicious oppressor of the individual, and more to be feared than fierce tigers.
Posted on: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 13:53:23 +0000
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