{"id":871,"date":"2011-03-04T17:49:57","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T21:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/?p=871"},"modified":"2011-03-04T17:51:25","modified_gmt":"2011-03-04T21:51:25","slug":"core-ecoquotes-project-pt-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/2011\/03\/04\/core-ecoquotes-project-pt-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Core Ecoquotes Project, pt.1"},"content":{"rendered":"

On behalf of the Ecolympics organizing committee, Prof. Daniel Hudon<\/a> writes… <\/em><\/p>\n

Thanks to Prof. Stephanie Nelson<\/a> for kicking off the Core Eco-Quotes Project<\/strong> in conjunction with the Ecolympics<\/a>. She points out that the philosopher Lao Tzu has some great eco-quotes, such as this one, from the 8 section of the Tao Te Ching<\/a><\/em>:<\/p>\n

Best to be like water
\nWhich benefits the ten thousand things
\nAnd does not contend<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

and this one, from the 29th section:<\/p>\n

The world is a spiritual vessel
\nAnd cannot be controlled<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

She also brought to our attention two quotes from poet William Wordsworth\u2019s “Tintern Abbey<\/a>.” Here are lines 107 to 111:<\/p>\n

well pleased to recognize
\nin nature and the language of the sense
\nThe anchor of my purest thoughts, the nurse,
\nThe guide, the guardian of my heart, and soul
\nOf all my moral being.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

and here are lines 122 to 123:<\/p>\n

Nature never did betray
\nThe heart that loved her.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thanks to Professor Nelson for your contributions!<\/p>\n

Prof. Anthony Corsentino<\/a> also pointed out us a great quote from the Tao, section 53:<\/p>\n

The Great TAO is very smooth,
\nBut people like rough trails.<\/p>\n

The government is divided,
\nFields are overgrown,
\nGranaries are empty,
\nBut the nobles’ clothes are gorgeous,
\nTheir belts show off swords,
\nAnd they are glutted with food and drink.
\nPersonal wealth is excessive.<\/p>\n

This is called thieves’ endowment,
\nBut it is not TAO.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thanks Professor Corsentino!<\/p>\n

It would be great to get some student contributions for the Project. So keep your eyes and your mind open for eco-themed quotes as you’re doing your Core readings! Email anything you come across to hudon@bu.edu<\/a>, to be included in a future round-up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On behalf of the Ecolympics organizing committee, Prof. Daniel Hudon writes… Thanks to Prof. Stephanie Nelson for kicking off the Core Eco-Quotes Project in conjunction with the Ecolympics. She points out that the philosopher Lao Tzu has some great eco-quotes, such as this one, from the 8 section of the Tao Te Ching: Best to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1284,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3691],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1284"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=871"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":873,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871\/revisions\/873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}