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Maria Heim
Forerunner of All Things [PDF ebook]
Buddhaghosa on Mind, Intention, and Agency

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Scholars have long been intrigued by the Buddha’s defining action (karma) as intention. This book explores systematically how intention, agency, and moral psychology were interpreted in all branches of early Theravada thought, paying special attention to the thought of the 5th-century commentator Buddhaghosa.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 272 ● ISBN 9780199331055 ● Publisher Oxford University Press ● Published 2013 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2797127 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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