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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Buddhacarita' and 'On the Basis of Morality'

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7 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]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / b. Rational ethics

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Reason can be vicious, and great crimes have to be rational [Schopenhauer]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature

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Man's three basic ethical incentives are egoism, malice and compassion [Schopenhauer]

25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 6. Animal Rights

6005	Animals are dangerous and nourishing, and can't form contracts of justice [Hermarchus, by Sedley]

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Philosophy treats animals as exploitable things, ignoring the significance of their lives [Schopenhauer]

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]