Surprising to have _The Great Derangement_, through David Hume send me looking for a Chinese Philosophy quote that #RaymondSmullyan works into #TheTaoIsSilent. #YangChu's words are in #VictorMair's notes too:
> .. "If nobody would sacrifice a hair, if nobody would try to benefit the world, then the world would become orderly." In other words, we should live and let live, not imposing ourselves on others nor letting others impose themselves on us..
http://www.sino-platonic.org/complete/spp048_chuangtzu_zhuangzi.pdf
#SacrificeAHair

> The dominant approach in.. [#ClimateEthics] is again posited on rational actors, freely pursuing their own interests. A philosopher of this tradition, in responding to the argument that the moral imperative of climate change comes from the need to save the millions of lives in Asia, Africa, and elsewhere, might well quote #DavidHume: ‘’Tis not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger.’
#AmitavGosh's #GreatDerangement and #Western #YangChu