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Human dignity is the hub of the map in Christianity, a spoke off the One God in Islam and Judaism, and the end of the path in Buddhism. The same claim, doing three different jobs.
34 themes
Confucius and Hillel put the rule negatively, the Gospel positively — almost the same sentence, then the reasons diverge.
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13 tensions
An eternal soul, or no abiding self — flat contradictories on the same question. Held, not smoothed.
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41 terms
Untranslatable terms in native form.
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