Taoism offers a philosophy that makes noise legislation needless

Evidence

No philosophy or religion catches the positive felicity of stillness better than Taoism. It is a philosophy that would make all noise abatement legislation unnecessary. — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 872

Categorization

• XREF: Contrasts with the Roget’s thesaurus ‘negative silence’ entry earlier — positive versus muzzling silence.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 872