domingo, 3 de agosto de 2008

Oriental wisdom


Zhuang Zi dreaming of butterflies (1847), by K. Hokusai.
Hanging scroll ink and colour on paper, British Museum, London.


«The ancient Chinese philosopher Zhuang Zi dreamed he was a butterfly. But when he woke he could not decide if he was now a butterfly dreaming he was a man. What was the nature of individual consciousness?».