Zen and Philosophy: An Intellectual Biography of Nishida KitarōUniversity of Hawaii Press, 2002 M03 31 - 510 pages This is the definitive work on the first and greatest of Japan's twentieth-century philosophers, Nishida Kitaro (1870-1945). Interspersed throughout the narrative of Nishida's life and thought is a generous selection of the philosopher's own essays, letters, and short presentations, newly translated into English. |
Contents
Mathematics or Philosophy? 18861891 | 17 |
The Imperial University 18911894 | 27 |
Existential Impasse and Zen Practice 18941899 | 46 |
An Inner Journey 18991904 | 59 |
The Birth of a Philosopher 19041907 | 76 |
Pure Experience and On Religion 19081909 | 97 |
A Year of Transition 19091910 | 103 |
Early Years 19101912 | 117 |
Sorrows of Life and Philosophy 19191922 | 171 |
The NishidaEinstein Connection 19201922 | 185 |
The Logic of the Topos 19241926 | 202 |
Formation of the Kyoto School of Philosophy 19291932 | 227 |
Development of Personalist Dialectics 19321934 | 248 |
Education and Scholarship under Fascism 19351937 | 262 |
Dark Political Undercurrent 19361937 | 278 |
History State and the Individual 19401941 | 305 |
Consolidation of the Philosophy Department 19131917 | 141 |
Correspondence with Tanabe Hajime 19131917 | 151 |
Finale 19421945 | 319 |
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