The unity and my saying it make two. The two and their unity make three. Starting from here, even a clever mathematician couldn't get it, much less an ordinary person! If going from nothing to something you get three, what about going from something to something? Don't do it! Just go along with things.
— Zhuangzi Ancient

Daoist philosopher

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Zhuangzi

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4th Century BCE

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