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Quote #10
Lao Tzu fell asleep and dreamed he was a butterfly. Upon awakening, he asked himself, "Am I man who has just been dreaming that he was a butterfly, or a sleeping butterfly, now dreaming that he is a man?" (7.123)
This famous story illustrates one of the many puzzles of life that Socrates says we ultimately can't solve and must simply let go of. What is reality? Let the question go, Socrates would say.