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Author : Keiji Nishitani
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520043299
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (432 download)
Download or read book Religion and Nothingness written by Keiji Nishitani and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1982 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Keiji Nishitani
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520049468
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (494 download)
Download or read book Religion and Nothingness written by Keiji Nishitani and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1982 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Religion and Nothingness the leading representative of the Kyoto School of Philosophy lays the foundation of thought for a world in the making, for a world united beyond the differences of East and West. Keiji Nishitani notes the irreversible trend of Western civilization to nihilism, and singles out the conquest of nihilism as the task for contemporary philosophy. Nihility, or relative nothingness, can only be overcome by being radicalized to Emptiness, or absolute nothingness. Taking absolute nothingness as the fundamental notion in rational explanations of the Eastern experience of human life, Professor Nishitani examines the relevance of this notion for contemporary life, and in particular for Western philosophical theories and religious believes. Everywhere his basic intention remains the same: to direct our modern predicament to a resolution through this insight. The challenge that the thought of Keiji Nishitani presents to the West, as a modern version of an Eastern speculative tradition that is every bit as old and as variegated as our own, is one that brings into unity the principle of reality and the principle of salvation. In the process, one traditional Western idea after another comes under scrutiny: the dichotomy of faith and reason, of being and substance, the personal and transcendent notions of God, the exaggerated role given to the knowing ego, and even the Judeo-Christian view of history itself. Religion and Nothingness represents the major work of one of Japan's most powerful and committed philosophical minds.
Author : Keiji Nishitani
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520073647
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (736 download)
Download or read book Nanzan Studies in Religion and Culture written by Keiji Nishitani and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years several books by major figures in Japan's modern philosophical tradition have appeared in English, exciting readers by their explorations of the borderlands between philosophy and religion. What has been wanting, however, is a book in a Western language to elucidate the life and thought of Nishida Kitaro (1870-1945), Japan's first philosopher of world stature and the originator of what has come to be called the Kyoto School. No one is more qualified to write such a book than Nishitani Keiji, whose lifetime coincides with the rise and flowering of the Kyoto School and whose own critical contribution to Japanese thought has been so important. Nishida Kitaro is a translation of essays Nishitani wrote about his teacher from 1936 to 1968 and published as a book in 1985. This series of meditations by one master on another provides a remarkable, living portrait of Nishida the person and conveys the enthusiasm he aroused in his students. Examining Nishida's most important work, An Inquiry into the Good, Nishitani penetrates to the core of his thought and presents it in language that is a marvel of clarity.
Author : Nishida Kitaro
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824815547
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (155 download)
Download or read book Last Writings written by Nishida Kitaro and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1993-06-01 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nishida Kitarô, Japan's premier modern philosopher, was born in 1870 and grew to intellectual maturity in the final decades of the Meiji period (1868–1912). He achieved recognition as Japan's leading establishment philosopher during his tenure as professor of philosophy at Kyoto University. After his retirement in 1927, and until his death in 1945, Nishida published a continuous stream of original essays that can best be described as intercivilizational, a meeting point of East and West. His final essay, "The Logic of the Place of Nothingness and the Religious Worldview," completed in the last few months before his death, is a summation of his philosophy of religion and has come to be regarded as the foundational text of the Kyoto school. It is one of the few places in his writings where Nishida draws openly and freely on East Asian Buddhist sources as analogs of his own ideas. Here Nishida argues for the existential primordiality of the religious consciousness against Kant, while also critically engaging the thought of such authors as Aristotle, the Christian Neo-Platonists, Spinoza, Fichte, Hegel, Barth, and Tillich. He makes it clear that he is also indebted to Pascal, Kierkegaard, and Dostoievsky as well as to Nâgârjuna, the Ch'an masters, Shinran, Dôgen, and other Buddhist thinkers. This book--a translation of the most seminal work of Nishida's career--also includes a translation of his "Last Writing" (Zeppitsu), written just two days before his death.
Author : James W. Heisig
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824824815
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (248 download)
Download or read book Philosophers of Nothingness written by James W. Heisig and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2001-05-01 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The past twenty years have seen the publication of numerous translations and commentaries on the principal philosophers of the Kyoto School, but so far no general overview and evaluation of their thought has been available, either in Japanese or in Western languages. James Heisig, a longstanding participant in these efforts, has filled that gap with Philosophers of Nothingness. In this extensive study, the ideas of Nishida Kitaro, Tanabe Hajime, and Nishitani Keiji are presented both as a consistent school of thought in its own right and as a challenge to the Western philosophical tradition to open itself to the original contribution of Japan.
Author : Keiji Nishitani
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520049462
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Religion and Nothingness written by Keiji Nishitani and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1982 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Religion and Nothingness the leading representative of the Kyoto School of Philosophy lays the foundation of thought for a world in the making, for a world united beyond the differences of East and West. Keiji Nishitani notes the irreversible trend of Western civilization to nihilism, and singles out the conquest of nihilism as the task for contemporary philosophy. Nihility, or relative nothingness, can only be overcome by being radicalized to Emptiness, or absolute nothingness. Taking absolute nothingness as the fundamental notion in rational explanations of the Eastern experience of human life, Professor Nishitani examines the relevance of this notion for contemporary life, and in particular for Western philosophical theories and religious believes. Everywhere his basic intention remains the same: to direct our modern predicament to a resolution through this insight. The challenge that the thought of Keiji Nishitani presents to the West, as a modern version of an Eastern speculative tradition that is every bit as old and as variegated as our own, is one that brings into unity the principle of reality and the principle of salvation. In the process, one traditional Western idea after another comes under scrutiny: the dichotomy of faith and reason, of being and substance, the personal and transcendent notions of God, the exaggerated role given to the knowing ego, and even the Judeo-Christian view of history itself. Religion and Nothingness represents the major work of one of Japan's most powerful and committed philosophical minds.
Author : Taitetsu Unno
Publisher : Jain Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 089581871X
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (958 download)
Download or read book The Religious Philosophy of Nishitani Keiji written by Taitetsu Unno and published by Jain Publishing Company. This book was released on 1989 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays by scholars, theologians, and students originating from a symposium held to discuss the religious philosophy of one of the great 20th century religious philosophers of Japan. The topics cover the meaning of emptiness in relation to God, science, ethics and history.
Author : Robert J. J. Wargo
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824873890
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (248 download)
Download or read book The Logic of Nothingness written by Robert J. J. Wargo and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2005-05-31 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The writings of Nishida Kitarô, whose name has become almost synonymous with Japanese philosophy, continue to attract attention around the world. Yet studies of his thought in Western languages have tended to overlook two key areas: first, the influence of the generation of Japanese philosophers who preceded Nishida; and second, the logic of basho (place), the cornerstone of Nishida’s mature philosophical system. The Logic of Nothingness addresses both of these topics. Robert Wargo argues that the overriding concern of Nishida’s mature philosophy, the attempt to give a reasonable account of reality that includes the reasonableness of that account itself—or what Wargo calls "the problem of completeness"—has its origins in Inoue Enryo’s (1858–1919) and Inoue Tetsujiro’s (1855–1944) preoccupation with "the problem of standpoints." A translation of one of Nishida’s most demanding texts, included here as an appendix, demonstrates the value of Wargo’s insightful analysis of the logic of basho as an aid to deciphering the philosopher’s early work.
Author : K.Nishida
Publisher : Рипол Классик
ISBN 13 : 5872499671
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (724 download)
Download or read book Intelligibility and the philosophy of nothingness written by K.Nishida and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on 1958 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intelligibility and the philosophy of nothingness. Three philosophical essays. Translated with an introduction by Robert Schinzinger.
Author : Alan Strathern
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108477143
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)
Download or read book Unearthly Powers written by Alan Strathern and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-03-21 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ground-breaking study sets out a new understanding of transformations in the interaction between religion and political authority throughout history.
Author : Roger-Pol Droit
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788121512053
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (12 download)
Download or read book The Cult Of Nothingness: The Philosophers And The Buddha written by Roger-Pol Droit and published by . This book was released on 2009-10-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description: The common western understanding of Buddhism today envisions this major world religion as one of compassion and tolerance. But as the author Droit reveals, this view bears little resemblance to one broadly held in the nineteenth-century European philosophical imagination that saw Buddhism as a religion of annihilation calling for the destruction of the self. The Cult of Nothingness traces the history of the western discovery of Buddhism. In so doing, the author shows that such major philosophers as Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Hegel, Cousin, and Renan imagined Buddhism as a religion that was, as Nietzsche put it, a negation of the world. In fact, says the author, such portrayals were more a reflection of what was happening in Europe at the time-when the collapse of traditional European hierarchies and values, the specter of atheism, and the rise of racism and social revolts were shaking European societies-than an accurate description of Buddhist thought. The author also reflects on how this history continues to echo in contemporary western understanding of Buddhism. The book includes a comprehensive bibliography on books on Buddhism published in the west between 1638 and 1890.
Author : Kate Kirkpatrick
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192539760
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)
Download or read book Sartre on Sin written by Kate Kirkpatrick and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-27 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sartre on Sin: Between Being and Nothingness argues that Jean-Paul Sartre's early, anti-humanist philosophy is indebted to the Christian doctrine of original sin. On the standard reading, Sartre's most fundamental and attractive idea is freedom: he wished to demonstrate the existence of human freedom, and did so by connecting consciousness with nothingness. Focusing on Being and Nothingness, Kate Kirkpatrick demonstrates that Sartre's concept of nothingness (le néant) has a Christian genealogy which has been overlooked in philosophical and theological discussions of his work. Previous scholars have noted the resemblance between Sartre's and Augustine's ontologies: to name but one shared theme, both thinkers describe the human as the being through which nothingness enters the world. However, there has been no previous in-depth examination of this 'resemblance'. Using historical, exegetical, and conceptual methods, Kirkpatrick demonstrates that Sartre's intellectual formation prior to his discovery of phenomenology included theological elements-especially concerning the compatibility of freedom with sin and grace. After outlining the French Augustinianisms by which Sartre's account of the human as 'between being and nothingness' was informed, Kirkpatrick offers a close reading of Being and Nothingness which shows that the psychological, epistemological, and ethical consequences of Sartre's le néant closely resemble the consequences of its theological predecessor; and that his account of freedom can be read as an anti-theodicy. Sartre on Sin illustrates that Sartre' s insights are valuable resources for contemporary hamartiology.
Author : Keiji Nishitani
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791404386
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (43 download)
Download or read book The Self-Overcoming of Nihilism written by Keiji Nishitani and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1990-10-02 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first English translation (by Graham Parker, with Setsuko Aihara) of a forty-year-old Japanese classic--Nishitani's treatment of the problem of nihilism, with particular reference to Nietzsche's philosophical ideas, and from a perspective influenced by Buddhist thought. Paper edition (unseen), $14.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Robert Edgar Carter
Publisher : New York : Paragon House
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (42 download)
Download or read book The Nothingness Beyond God written by Robert Edgar Carter and published by New York : Paragon House. This book was released on 1989 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When we hear the term "Japanese philosophy" we think of Zen Buddhism or the Shinto scriptures. Yet one of the great 20th century interpreters of Western philosophy, Nishida Kitaro, lived and wrote in the Japanese islands all his life, laboring at an ultimate synthesis of oriental thought and Western hermeneutics. To be sure, Nishida's aim was to understand his own cultural influences in relation to the Western world. What distinguished him, however, was his passion for rendering oriental metaphysics understandable in the language of Western philosophy, and his attempts to contrast the paradoxicality of Buddhist logic with the logical strategies of Aristotle, Kant, or Hegel. Featured in this book is an interpretation of Nishida's writings. Professor Carter focuses on the Japanese thinker's notion of "basho," a concept of nothingness as field, place or topos as borrowed from Plato's Tim'us. Expounding on the logical foundations and archaic elements in Nishida's work, and carefully explaining Nishida's critical approach to the questions of God, religion and morality, and pure existence, this discerning book offers students of Western philosophy and oriental thought alike a highly readable introduction to the teachings of a true world philosopher.
Author : Kazuo MUT?
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004228403
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)
Download or read book Christianity and the Notion of Nothingness written by Kazuo MUT? and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2012-03-19 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Christian philosopher Muto Kazuo contributed substantially to the predominantly Buddhist “Kyoto School of Philosophy.” Through critical exchange with its representatives, he opened up new perceptions of Christian faith, enabled mutual understanding between Buddhism and Christianity, and challenged the Western dialectical method.
Author : Ludwig Feuerbach
Publisher : Newcomb Livraria Press
ISBN 13 : 3989887092
Total Pages : 29 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (898 download)
Download or read book The Essence of Religion written by Ludwig Feuerbach and published by Newcomb Livraria Press. This book was released on with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New 2023 translation into English from the original manuscript, with an introduction, glossary of Feuerbachian terminology and a timeline of his life and works. "The Essence of Religion" is a philosophical work published in 1841 that critiques the nature and origins of religious belief, arguing for a Darwinian-historical origin for religion, and a materialistic worldview. In this work, Feuerbach argues that religion is a product of human imagination and projection, and that its true essence can only be understood by examining the human mind and its relationship to the natural world. Schopenhauer and Nietzsche both take their satirical criticism about religion from Feuerbach, and every aspect of Marxism can be found here in Marx's favorite Philosopher. Feuerbach is a critical figure in the development of not merely Marxism, but Materialistic Humanism in general. Feuerbach is critical to understanding Marx. This is Volume VI in the 2023 The Complete Works of Ludwig Feuerbach by Newcomb Livraria Press
Author : David Chai
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 1438472676
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)
Download or read book Zhuangzi and the Becoming of Nothingness written by David Chai and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2019-01-01 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the cosmological and metaphysical thought in the Zhuangzi from the perspective of nothingness. Zhuangzi and the Becoming of Nothingness offers a radical rereading of the Daoist classic Zhuangzi by bringing to light the role of nothingness in grounding the cosmological and metaphysical aspects of its thought. Through a careful analysis of the text and its appended commentaries, David Chai reveals not only how nothingness physically enriches the myriad things of the world, but also why the Zhuangzi prefers nothingness over being as a means to expound the authentic way of Dao. Chai weaves together Dao, nothingness, and being in order to reassess the nature and significance of Daoist philosophy, both within its own historical milieu and for modern readers interested in applying the principles of Daoism to their own lived experiences. Chai concludes that nothingness is neither a nihilistic force nor an existential threat; instead, it is a vital component of Daos creative power and the life-praxis of the sage. Chai provides an elaborate philosophical meontological interpretation of the ontology/cosmology found in the Zhuangzi and the implications for existential practice. Its a close, careful, but in many respects quite original reading of the classic that contributes significantly to the field of philosophical Daoist studies. Geir Sigurðsson, author of Confucian Propriety and Ritual Learning: A Philosophical Interpretation
