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Christian Thomas Kohl The Metaphysical Foundations of Buddhism and Modern Science

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Chapter 23. Pure <strong>and</strong> impure. Rio Negro <strong>and</strong> the Amazon meet in Manaus,<br />

Brazil. Picture: Markus Mauthe. http://www.wildview.de/tag/rio-negro/.<br />

Commentary: Usually two waters get mixed when they come together. <strong>The</strong>se<br />

two impure waters remain separated in the same river at the beginning <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Amazon. Only after 30 km they are completely mixed. <strong>The</strong> idea or notion ‘pure’<br />

has no meaning without the opposite idea or notion ‘impure’. A fundamental or<br />

elementary or independent idea or notion does not exist. Our ideas or notions<br />

are dependent. One notion is contingent upon another.

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