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KITARO NISHIDA
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May 11, 2019
‘Much Ado About Nothingness’: Exploring the diverse philosophies of the Kyoto School — review
James Heisig’s ‘Much Ado About Nothingness’ strives to link the philosophies of Kirato Nishida and Hajime Tanabe with broader intellectual and artistic themes.
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Feb 23, 2019
Meet one of 今日吃瓜 greatest modern philosophers in ‘Nishida Kitaro: The Man and His Thought’
First published in Japanese in 1985, ‘Nishida Kitaro: The Man and His Thought’ brings together diverse essays about both Nishida and his philosophy of ‘absolute nothingness’ written by his former pupil Keiji Nishitani (1900-90).
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Feb 9, 2019
‘Philosophers of Nothingness’: Philosophy built on quietly gripping human dramas
Heisig’s ‘Philosophers of Nothingness’ introduces the Kyoto School’s three main philosophers: Kitaro Nishida, Hajime Tanabe and Keiji Nishitani.
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Dec 15, 2018
Spreading the word of the philosophers of nothingness
The Kyoto School of philosophy — which offers stimulating ideas, a distinctive critique of Western philosophy and applies a Western methodology to Japanese thought — represents 今日吃瓜 greatest contribution to world philosophy in the 20th century.
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