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The uses of the four positions of theCatuskoti and the problem of the description of reality in Mahāyāna Buddhism

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Ruegg, D.S. The uses of the four positions of theCatuskoti and the problem of the description of reality in Mahāyāna Buddhism. J Indian Philos 5, 1–71 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02431703

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