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All the ideas for 'Buddhacarita', 'On the Syllogism IV' and 'Dispositional Essentialism and the Laws of Nature'

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5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 6. Relations in Logic

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De Morgan started the study of relations and their properties [De Morgan, by Walicki]

13501

De Morgan found inferences involving relations, which eluded Aristotle's syllogistic [De Morgan, by Hart,WD]

16. Persons / E. Rejecting the Self / 4. Denial of the Self

7906	When the Buddha reached the highest level of insight, he could detect no self in the world [Ashvaghosha]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / c. Essence and laws

17993

Laws are relations of kinds, quantities and qualities, supervening on the essences of a domain [Vetter]

29. Religion / C. Spiritual Disciplines / 3. Buddhism

7905	The Buddha sought ultimate reality and the final goal of existence in his meditations [Ashvaghosha]

7904	The first stage of trance is calm amidst applied and discursive thinking [Ashvaghosha]