26 March, Unread the 'appearances'/ 'marks'

"Is there in our conceptual scheme something that compels us to make this judgement?" (Nagatomo, 2000)

Chinese character '相', mainly means appearances

The Chinese character ‘相’is made up by the symbol of a tree/ a piece of wood and an eye. It is so powerful when the shape of an eye is seen in an epigraphic calligraphy ( in China, these kind of characters were mainly found on ancient bronze).


Carving before the study of this Chinese character

 





1. Nagatomo, S. (2000). "The logic of the Diamond Sutra: A is not A, therefore it is A." Asian Philosophy 10(3): 213-244.



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