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venk12today at 7:47 AM1 replyview on HN

Philosophers have had these rifts(an similar lines of arguments) forever.

From Plato vs Aristotle (300 to 400 BC) (idea of forms vs nicomachean), In India Adi Shankara (around 700 CE) vs Madhavacharya (1200 CE) (dualism vs non-dualism) - there is a common thread to all of these arguments.

But eventually, for me it comes down to a statement J Krishnamurti made (& it makes the most sense to me): "The self is a problem that thought cannot solve"


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yashasnadigsyntoday at 9:26 AM

Adi Shankara follows non-dualism and Madhvacharya follows dualism. It is referenced reverse in your reply.