The human as paradox and taboo
The notion of paradox may be said to begin with Zeno and Achilles never catching the tortoise, which we found in Chronicles 515-516 to be equivalent to Mahayana Buddhist Nagarjuna’s idea of the traveler who never travels: something obviously possible in reality becomes "unthinkable" when t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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| In: | Enthalten in: Chronicles of Love and Resentment (2024), 797 |
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| Summary: | The notion of paradox may be said to begin with Zeno and Achilles never catching the tortoise, which we found in Chronicles 515-516 to be equivalent to Mahayana Buddhist Nagarjuna’s idea of the traveler who never travels: something obviously possible in reality becomes "unthinkable" when the language used to describe it is subjected to an... |
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