Miles Jackson wrote:
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>>No, Chris, I think the problem is--you have a soul! N. doesn't want to
>>effect you on some deep, personal level; he mercilessly mocks the whole
>>notion of people having a soul or essence. For N, the self is just a
>>fiction we impose on the swirling mass of desires, impulses, fears, and
>>thoughts that we experience; thus he makes fun of any philosophical
>>project that takes this common-sense fiction for granted.
>>
Buddhists say the same thing.
Joanna