flâneur

The logic of Buddhist philosophy goes beyond simple truth | Aeon Essays

aeon.co · 3,749 words · saved by 1 readers

Buddhist philosophy is full of contradictions. Now modern logic is learning why that might be a good thing

Western philosophers have not, on the whole, regarded Buddhist thought with much enthusiasm. As a colleague once said to me: ‘It’s all just mysticism.’ This attitude is due, in part, to ignorance. But it is also due to incomprehension. When Western philosophers look East, they find things they do not understand – not least the fact that the Asian traditions seem to accept, and even endorse, contradictions. Thus we find the great second-century Buddhist philosopher Nagarjuna saying: The nature of things is to have no nature; it is their non-nature that is their nature. For they have only one…

saved by

related reading