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**pharmablogger** · 05-15-2011, 03:45 PM

The question assumes that Western philosophical categories are primary. This is centric thinking; a round peg for a square hole. The Buddha taught from within in a wholly different milieu. These categories are at best approximations, and not very useful apart from highlighting the utter lack of an ontology.

05-15-2011, 03:45 PM	#6
pharmablogger Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 453 Senior Member	The question assumes that Western philosophical categories are primary. This is centric thinking; a round peg for a square hole. The Buddha taught from within in a wholly different milieu. These categories are at best approximations, and not very useful apart from highlighting the utter lack of an ontology.
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