Tao te Ching - David Bentley Hart translated-2026

In this new translation of TAO TE CHING, a David Bentley Hart brings out the metaphysical, moral, and poetic power of Laozi’s classical Chinese text. The TAO TE CHING emerged from one of the most consequential epochal shifts in human consciousness ever recorded, and it is one of the oldest and most entrancingly mysterious works ever written. Originally written amid the Axial Age, it captures an awakening to the tension between flesh and spirit and an ever more explicit search for some higher, primordial, or divine principle. Bringing Hart's extensive study of religious, philosophical, and literary texts across traditions and languages, he allows this classic text to resonate with immediacy and relevance for readers today. #spiritual #religioustexts