Phenomenalistic Atomism as a Tertium Quid of Comparative Philosophy. Kuzminski, A. (2021). Pyrrhonian Buddhism: A Philosophical Reconstruction. London and New York: Routledge.

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https://doi.org/10.31649/sent42.03.097

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skepticism, Sextus Empiricus, ataraxia, bodhi, tantra, dharma, East, West

Abstract

Review of Kuzminski, A. (2021). Pyrrhonian Buddhism: A Philosophical Reconstruction. London & New York: Routledge.

Author Biography

Olena Kalantarova, Buddhological Laboratory (Kyiv, Ukraine)

Moderator-in-Сhief of the Buddhist Laboratory in Ukraine, ex-graduate of the Institute of Philosophy named after H.S. Skovorody of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

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Kalantarova, O. (2023). Phenomenalistic Atomism as a Tertium Quid of Comparative Philosophy. Kuzminski, A. (2021). Pyrrhonian Buddhism: A Philosophical Reconstruction. London and New York: Routledge. Sententiae, 42(3), 97–126. https://doi.org/10.31649/sent42.03.097

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