The History of Buddhist Thought c13.11

c13.11

² It is unnecessary to consider the older attempts of Western scholars at exegesis, which proceeded without regard to the interpretations actually adopted in the Scriptures and the commentaries. They are discussed in Oltramare, La Formule des douze causes, Genève, 1909 ; cf. A. B. Keith, Buddh. phil., p. 106 ; L. de la Vallée Poussin, Théorie des douze causes, Gand, 1913. The theories of Jacobi and Schayer will be considered in connection with the question of Buddhist borrowings, Ch. VI.