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HPI 44 - It All Depends - Nagarjuna on Emptiness

History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China

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Nagarjuna's Middle Way

Nagarjuna argues that he has no thesis, no philosophical theory. He offers two analogies to show the difference between his empty statements and those of rival systems. Nagarjuna does not fight fire with fire, but instead fights empty statements with more empty statements. A person who is sprinting along a track is in fact running on empty says Ravi Agrawal.

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