ia . ▁This ▁is ▁similar ▁to ▁the ▁Bud d ha ' s ▁ref us al ▁to ▁answer ▁certain ▁met aph ys ical ▁questions ▁which ▁he ▁saw ▁as ▁non - con duct ive ▁to ▁the ▁path ▁of ▁Buddh ist ▁practice ▁and ▁Nag ar j una ' s ▁" re lin qu ishing ▁of ▁all ▁views ▁( dr st i ) ". ▁Ad rian ▁K uz min ski ▁arg ues ▁for ▁direct ▁influence ▁between ▁these ▁two ▁systems ▁of ▁thought . ▁In ▁P yr rh on ism : ▁How ▁the ▁An cient ▁Gree ks ▁Rein vent ed ▁Buddh ism ▁According ▁to ▁K uz min ski , ▁both ▁philosoph ies ▁argue ▁against ▁ass ent ing ▁to ▁any ▁dog m atic ▁assert ions ▁about ▁an ▁ult imate ▁met aph ys ical ▁reality ▁behind ▁our ▁sense ▁impress ions ▁as ▁a ▁t actic ▁to ▁reach ▁tran qu ility ▁and ▁both ▁also ▁make ▁use ▁of ▁logical ▁arguments ▁against ▁other ▁philosoph ies ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁expose ▁their ▁contradict ions . ▁ ▁The ▁phil os opher ▁H eg es ias ▁of ▁Cy rene ▁is ▁thought ▁by ▁some ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁influenced ▁by ▁the ▁teach ings ▁of ▁Ash oka ' s ▁Buddh ist ▁mission aries . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁modern ▁era ▁there ▁have ▁been ▁many ▁attempts ▁to ▁integrate ▁Western ▁and ▁Eastern ▁philosoph ical ▁trad itions . ▁ ▁Arthur ▁Sch open h auer ▁developed ▁a ▁philosophy ▁that ▁was ▁essentially ▁a ▁synth esis ▁of ▁H indu ism ▁with ▁Western ▁thought . ▁He ▁anticip ated ▁that ▁the ▁Up an ish ads ▁( primary ▁H indu ▁script ures