TY - BOOK ID - 34772981 TI - Selfless persons PY - 1982 SN - 0521240816 052139726X 0511621493 0511867220 9780521240819 9780511621499 9780521397261 PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Anātman KW - Theravāda Buddhism KW - Doctrines KW - Anātman KW - #SML: Joseph Spae KW - #WWIS:AGGR KW - S37/0440 KW - S37/0600 KW - Anattā KW - Nirātman KW - Non-self KW - Buddhism outside China, Tibet, Mongolia and Japan--Hinayana Buddhism: general KW - Buddhism outside China, Tibet, Mongolia and Japan--Buddhist philosophy, thought and psychology KW - Buddhist philosophy KW - Hindu philosophy KW - Self (Philosophy) KW - Soul KW - Ātman KW - Arts and Humanities KW - Religion KW - Theravāda Buddhism - Doctrines KW - Anātman. KW - Doctrines. KW - Self (Philosophy). KW - Philosophy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:34772981 AB - This book seeks to explain carefully and sympathetically the Buddhist doctrine of anatta ('not-self'), which denies the existence of any self, soul or enduring essence in man. The author relates this doctrine to its cultural and historical context, particularly to its Brahmanical background, and shows how the Theravada Buddhist tradition has constructed a philosophical and psychological account of personal identity and continuity on the apparently impossible basis of the denial of self. ER -