#two-truths

⇄ If Nāgasena’s chariot argument removes the self, it removes the chariot too

The chariot argument in the Milindapañha is one of the most famous arguments about parts and wholes. King Milinda arrives by chariot. Nāgasena asks him: is the pole the chariot? The axle? The wheels? The frame? All of them together? Something apart…