When Zhuangzi dreams he is a butterfly and cannot remember whether he is a man d
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Question
When Zhuangzi dreams he is a butterfly and cannot remember whether he is a man dreaming of being a bug or a bug dreaming of being a man, he is most clearly reinforcing this element of his philosophical views?
a.The imminent threat of our own mortality
b.The possibility of undergoing a horrific transformation from a wise individual into a speechless insect
c.The reality that intelligence is a burden and we would be happier if we, as humans, had simpler cognitive processes--similar to the cognitive processes of, for instance, a butterfly,
d.The relative nature of reality, which is entirely dependent upon one's unique perspective
Explanation / Answer
D. The relative nature of reality...
The entire predicament that Zhungazi explores is the one trying to explain the objectivitt of objects which are eternal to one's internal processes.