[Buddha-l] Hayes on Duerlinger on Vasubandu (from our "small world" department)

[curt]

I was hunting around for a good contemporary translation of Plato's 
"Sophist" when I came upon James Duerlinger's translation of this dialog 
- accompanied by a "detailed account of its theses and arguments" by the 
translator. Then I went hunting to find out more about this Duerlinger 
fellow and I discovered that he is primarily known for his work on 
Indian philosophy, and has a book on Vasubandhu ("Indian Buddhist 
Theories of Person"). I then naturally thought of posting a query on 
Buddha-L of the form "does anyone have an opinion about this guy"? But 
first I did a quick search and found that none other than Richard Hayes 
himself has already given Duerlinger a thumbs up:

"Someone whose work on various Buddhist views on non-self that I admire 
is James Duerlinger, who has several good pieces in Journal of Indian 
Philosophy. His approach is more philosophical than historical or 
philological. If philosophy is your cup of tea, give him a try, if you 
haven't already."

And just to provide further evidence that the universe is not a 
completely evil place, I managed to find an affordable copy of said book 
on Vasubandhu, which has a list price of $135!!!!!

- Curt