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MK
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Emptiness is not nothingness: common misreadings of śūnyatā
Discussion
Meera Kulkarni
Existence & being
Buddhist
Madhyamaka
Nagarjuna
#emptiness
#sunyata
Last reply Priya Raghavan
3
replies
20d
RT
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What does “primacy of existence” (asalat al-wujud) mean in plain terms?
Question
Reza Tehrani
Existence & being
Persian
Mulla Sadra
#metaphysics
#primacy-of-existence
✓ Answered
3
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Aug 2026
LH
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Essence and existence: why Ibn Sina’s distinction mattered to Aquinas
Discussion
Layla Haddad
Existence & being
Islamic
Medieval Christian
Falsafa
Ibn Sina
#essence-and-existence
#metaphysics
Last reply Tomasz Wójcik
4
replies
Aug 2026
AI
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Shankara’s rope and snake: what kind of “unreality” is maya?
Discussion
Arjun Iyer
Existence & being
Indian
Vedanta
Adi Shankara
#advaita
#maya
Last reply Henrike Vogel
5
replies
Aug 2026