Moral Agency and the Paradox of Self-Interested Concern for the Future in Vasubandhu’s Abhidharmakośabhāṣya
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Agency Self Personal identity Buddhism Vasubandhu AbhidharmakośabhāṣyaNotes
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The article was written with the kind support of a research grant by the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD). I would like to thank Charles E. Snyder, Roy Tzohar, David Weinstein, and Michael Zimmermann for their helpful comments on earlier drafts. Thanks go as well to two anonymous reviewers.
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