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All the ideas for 'Buddhacarita', 'Substance and Essence in Aristotle' and 'Popular Scientific Lectures'

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10 ideas

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 2. Positivism

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Laws of nature are just records of regularities and correlations, with concepts to make recording them easier [Mach, by Harré]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 2. Types of Essence

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Aristotelian and Kripkean essentialism are very different theories [Witt]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 4. Essence as Definition

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An Aristotelian essence is a nonlinguistic correlate of the definition [Witt]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 6. Essence as Unifier

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If unity is a matter of degree, then essence may also be a matter of degree [Witt]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 8. Essence as Explanatory

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Essences mainly explain the existence of unified substance [Witt]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 12. Origin as Essential

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Essential properties of origin are too radically individual for an Aristotelian essence [Witt]

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 / a. Scientific essentialism

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Reality is directional [Witt]

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]