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#practical-convergence
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Does it matter at the bedside whether the self is a soul, ātman or a process?
I'm a physician in internal medicine in Cairo. I've been reading comparative accounts of the self: a created soul accountable to God in Islam, the self identical with brahman in Vedānta, no permanent self in Buddhism, a rational soul in the Greeks,…
Started by Omar Farouk6 replies230 views -
Do the world’s ethical traditions really agree about how to live, or does it only look that way from far off?
There is a claim one often meets in comparative philosophy courses: traditions that disagree completely about metaphysics agree substantially about how to live. Aristotelian virtue, Confucian self-cultivation, Buddhist training and Islamic adab all say character is shaped by repeated action, habit makes…
Started by Kenneth Leung Chi-ho6 replies184 views