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All the ideas for 'Buddhacarita', 'works' and 'Negative Dialectics'

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy
If philosophy could be summarised it would be pointless [Adorno]
2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 2. Sufficient Reason
Sufficient reason is implied by contradiction, of an insufficient possible which exists [Wolff, by Korsgaard]
16. Persons / E. Rejecting the Self / 4. Denial of the Self
When the Buddha reached the highest level of insight, he could detect no self in the world [Ashvaghosha]
28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / b. Euthyphro question
Confucius shows that ethics can rest on reason, rather than on revelation [Wolff, by Korsgaard]
29. Religion / C. Spiritual Disciplines / 3. Buddhism
The Buddha sought ultimate reality and the final goal of existence in his meditations [Ashvaghosha]
The first stage of trance is calm amidst applied and discursive thinking [Ashvaghosha]