Um, well, I’ll try. First a disclaimer: I’m not the slightest bit expert on Plato; I know him mostly only from second sources. And I mostly I read those a long time ago and may misremember them. But maybe what matters is not what Plato thought, but what is actually the case…
In any case, Diogenes’ criticism of Platonic eternalism seems at least somewhat analogous to Nagarjuna’s criticism of Brahmanic eternalism: no eternal, essential nature. But it’s probably just a coincidence that he also used the word “emptiness.”
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What I liked in your response was that you grabbed this intriguing coincidence and ran with it!
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I really appreciate having had this opportunity to exchange ideas with you.
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