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The Te of Piglet

By Benjamin Hoff

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| Paperback | 9780140230161

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In The Te of Piglet, a good deal of Taoist wisdom is revealed through the character and actions of A. A. Milne's Piglet. Piglet herein demonstrates a very important principle of Taoism: The Te-a Chinese word meaning Virtue-of the Small.

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"The Te of Piglet" by Benjamin Hoff

This book is a sort of sequal to "The Tao of Pooh", explaining Taoism again, but from a slightly different angle (from that of Piglet instead of Pooh). While I enjoyed the first book, I really cannot with a good heart recommend this book. It is so full of the author's negativity that instead of insp ... (continue)

This book is a sort of sequal to "The Tao of Pooh", explaining Taoism again, but from a slightly different angle (from that of Piglet instead of Pooh). While I enjoyed the first book, I really cannot with a good heart recommend this book. It is so full of the author's negativity that instead of inspiring the reader, it only serves to make you critical. More than two-thirds of this book is Hoff basically complaining / criticizing everything he doesn't like about Western society. By the time I got halfway through this book I just wanted to throw it against the wall. I am not saying that all his criticism is unfounded; howerver it is so tiring and draining to read that it's really not worth it. This book comes off more as a critique of Western society than a book explaining Taoism. Also: some of his ideas are so biased that they don't really deserve to be in this book. For example, his dislike towards feminism: he makes a lot of sweeping, negative generalizations about feminism without really qualifying himself at all.
There are certainly a lot of legitimate criticisms to be made against Western society, but this is not the way to do it. Disappointing. Just read "The Tao of Pooh" and forget this one.

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Celeste said on Jan 13, 2008 | Add your feedback

I picked this up from a book club. I had read another Tao book earlier that was better.
It seems this really isn't in keeping with my beliefs these days.

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Batona said on Apr 23, 2007 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback