Two nine-fold schemes for the human interior, separated by two thousand years and every conceivable difference of method and intent, agree far more often than they have any business agreeing. And the place where you would most expect them to part company — the one objection that ought to end the conversation before it starts — turns out to be the place they converge hardest.
I did not go looking for this. I want to lay out what I found, concede what has to be conceded, and then spend the bulk of this piece on the part that interests me most, which is what the resemblance makes visible in both directions.
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