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All the ideas for 'Buddhacarita', 'Opus Maius (major works)' and 'Actualism and Thisness'

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5 ideas

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / d. Individuation by haecceity

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Adams says actual things have haecceities, but not things that only might exist [Adams,RM, by Stalnaker]

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 / d. Knowing essences

16745

No one even knows the nature and properties of a fly - why it has that colour, or so many feet [Bacon,R]

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]