Index.

1. 01THE SELFYājñavalkya · Early Buddhist thought · David Hume · Questions of self across traditions · 15 minLineage
2. 02HOW DO YOU SEARCH FOR WHAT YOU DO NOT KNOW?Plato · Classical Greek philosophy · Platonic philosophy · 16 minClose Reading
3. 03THE SELF YOU CANNOT FINDEarly Buddhist thought · David Hume · Early Buddhist thought / Scottish Enlightenment · 15 minDialogue
4. 04THE VIEW FROM HEREZhuang Zhou / Zhuangzi tradition · Classical Chinese thought / Zhuangzi tradition · 9 min readPassage
5. 05THE ROAD YOU CANNOT TAKEParmenides of Elea · Early Greek thought · Eleatic philosophy · 14 minClose Reading
6. 06THIS IS NOT MINEThe Buddha · Early Buddhist thought · 13 minClose Reading
7. 07WHERE DOES PHILOSOPHY BEGIN?Paragraphos · Comparative inquiry · 10 min readEssay
8. 08WHEN DESIRE LEARNS THE MEASUREConfucius · Classical Chinese thought · 7 min readPassage
9. 09THE SEER CANNOT BE SEENYājñavalkya · Early Upaniṣadic thought · 9 min readClose Reading
10. 10DO NOT LISTEN TO MEHeraclitus · Early Greek thought · 12 min readClose Reading
11. 11Why Paragraphos?Paragraphos · Editorial · 6 minEditorial

Questions from the published readings.

• When we say “I”, what kind of thing are we claiming to be?Self and the transformation of a question · Lineage
• Does experience require a stable owner?Self and the transformation of a question · Lineage
• How can inquiry begin before we already know the answer?The possibility of inquiry · Close Reading
• When we look for a stable self, what exactly are we expecting to find?Self and personal identity · Dialogue
• Can we loosen our perspective without pretending to have no perspective at all?Perspective, language and judgment · Passage
• Can we think what is not?Being, thought and the limit of inquiry · Close Reading
• What exactly is denied when early Buddhism calls something not-self?Self and identification · Close Reading
• Is philosophy one historical tradition with a birthplace, or a kind of inquiry with several beginnings?What counts as philosophy? · Essay
• Can practice change not only what we do, but what we want?Practice and the formation of desire · Passage
• Can the self ever become one more thing among the things it knows?Self and knowledge · Close Reading
• If the logos is common, why does understanding it remain rare?logos, knowledge and unity · Close Reading
• Why Paragraphos?Reading · Editorial

Traditions and editorial categories represented in the published catalogue. Editorial and Comparative inquiry describe types of work.