EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -One of the first Western thinkers to argue for the non-existence of the self was David Hume, the 18th century empiricist philosopher who argued that the self was a fiction.

Detailed explanation-2: -Buddhists believe that the nonself state projects an unconditional, limitless loving kindness and compassion. Buddhists have long believed that this state conquers death anxiety (Shiah and Yit, 2012) and achieves an authentic and durable happiness (Joshanloo, 2014).

Detailed explanation-3: -Hume says: Emotions and sensations occur a few at a time, ever changing, and never all exist equally all at once. Since the self must be omnipresent, he decides… Hume has no reason to believe in a self, Thus, his theory is the ‘no-self’ theory of the self.