The Way of Ages

What can the practical philosophy of the ancients teach us about how to live well in the modern world? Technological change affects how we learn and how we do things but does not change what we must learn and what we must do to meet our basic needs or those of our loved ones. Lacking modern technology, the ancients understood the world in ways that don’t depend on it. Join me on my archaeological expedition into the time-tested worldview they adopted. See the modern world anew through ancient eyes. It doesn’t work the way you might think it does and probably never has. For use in the Kindle desktop or Kindle iOS mobile app, the Kindle Voyage or on any Kindle Fire or newer device including Android phones and tablets. Not supported on earlier Kindle devices. Not yet tested on other devices. The Companion Volume to this work is “Profound Accordance: Lao Tzu’s Treatise on the Way of Heaven - A New Translation of the Tao Te Ching with Notes and Commentary” by D.L. Sieving.