Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Buddhacarita', 'Letters to Descartes' and 'Aristotle on Learning to be Good'

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5 ideas

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]

17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 8. Dualism of Mind Critique

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A soul with physical extension is more likely than an immaterial soul that moves bodies [Elizabeth]

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / b. Intellectualism

4377	Intellectualism is an excessive emphasis on reasoning in moral philosophy [Burnyeat]

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

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

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