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14 Cards in this Set
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immortality of souls (main similarity with Plato) - just like a man wearing out many sets of clothes -should not fear death because soul is permanent |
Gita |
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superiority of the path of knowledge over the path of action -liberation is achieved by gaining knowledge -cannot be liberated from rebirth through action alone |
Gita |
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the importance of reason that is not deluded by the senses -similar to phaedo -senses prevent people from gaining knowledge -reason becomes pure when withdrawn from senses |
Gita |
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rejection of souls (No self/soul/atman) |
Milinda and Vasu |
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who believed a person equals a bundle-continuum of five heaps (something that changes moment by moment) |
milinda and vasu |
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Five Heaps (no self/soul owns these, they are constantly changing) |
Material Form Perception Mental Formations Consciousness |
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Two means of knowledge that Buddhists accept... Who's view is this? |
1. Perception 2. Inference .... Vasubandhu |
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Vasu's claim about causation |
you cannot have the effect without all of the causal conditions |
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Vasu's main argument |
There is no inferential argument showing that souls exist. Therefore, souls do not exist. |
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What two things do Chinese believe? |
change rationality |
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what two things do Chinese not believe? |
substance essence |
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3 different views of India and China |
1. India=rebirth vs China = reverence for the dead 2. Karma 3. existence of soul in india not in china |
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Two adaptions of Buddhism in China |
1. Englightenment was now seen as a fast process that could happen in one lifetime 2. Chinese now willing to talk about existence of soul |
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Aristotle AND Aquinas thought of souls and bodies |
Humans = FORM (soul) MATTER (body) |
