[29] See Chs. 16, 55.

[30] The Lotos Eaters.

[31] See Chs. 8, 78.

[32] See Chs. 1, 47.

[33] Timæus, ch. xviii. (Ed. Stallbaum). See also Grote’s Plato, Vol. iii., p. 266–7. Timæus, however, introduces reason and other ideas not consonant with Lao-tzŭ’s teachings.

[34] Geschichte, &c., vol. i, p. 204.

[35] Robert Lytton’s—“The Man of Science.”

[36] See Lewesʼ History of Philosophy, vol. ii., p. 533 (New Edition).

[37] On this subject information will be found in E. Laisset’s Précurseurs et Disciples de Descartes, p. 210, &c.; Hamilton’s Discussions; Lewisʼ History of Philosophy, vol. ii.

[38] Fichte (the elder), however, is at one with Lao-tzŭ on this point.