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Date Posted: 13:42:05 10/11/02 Fri
Author: Caroline
Subject: Re: Counter-Intuitive Power (spoliers for firefly1.3)
In reply to: Humanitas 's message, "Counter-Intuitive Power (spoliers for firefly1.3)" on 21:11:53 10/04/02 Fri

While the type of yin power you mention is undoubtedly a feature of eastern thought, you'll also find strands of it in western mythology. When Herakles confronts the Hydra, his mentor gives him the following advice - We rise by kneeling, we win by yielding. Herakles uses that advice to defeat the Hydra. We can find the subtleties of power and its use explored in many different systems of thought.

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