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All the ideas for 'General Draft', 'Buddhacarita' and 'Commentary on Sentences'

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / a. Philosophy as worldly

22026

Philosophy is homesickness - the urge to be at home everywhere [Novalis]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 13. Nominal Essence

16627

If you remove the accidents from a horse and a lion, the intellect can't tell them apart [Francis of Marchia]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 6. Idealisation

19591

Desire for perfection is an illness, if it turns against what is imperfect [Novalis]

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]

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]