なぜ日本語は『結論を最後にする』のか？ 実はとても深い理由がありました。。 (西田幾太郎）

🎌 Why does Japanese state the conclusion at the end? The profound wisdom discovered by Kitaro Nishida "My husband stopped at the convenience store in front of the station yesterday on his way home from work..." What happened after this sentence remains unknown until the very end. This is a characteristic of the Japanese language. However, Meiji-era philosopher Kitaro Nishida discovered the astonishing wisdom hidden in this word order. [Music provided by Hikari Surprise Inc.] [📚Recommended Book Introduction] The perfect place to begin exploring Nishida's philosophy is with Masakatsu Fujita's "Reading 'Study of the Good'" (Chikuma Shinsho). https://amzn.to/4eB8wQM This book breaks down Nishida's signature concept of "pure experience" by illustrating its relationship with Zen and Western philosophy of the time. The technical terms begin to reveal themselves through the fog. Even readers new to Nishida will find themselves turning the pages. Next, let's finally pick up the original work, "A Study of Good" (Iwanami Bunko). https://amzn.to/4lciDy1 The spirit of grasping raw experience, before everyday consciousness splits into "subjective" and "objective," emerges between the lines, and you'll feel more like "attending the scene of thought" than "reading." After finishing the original work, you should move on to "Nishida Kitaro Philosophical Essays II: Logic and Life" to explore the themes Nishida continued to explore until his later years. https://amzn.to/4eDBaRp You can see how the seeds that sprouted in "A Study of Good" spread through terms like "historical world," "place," and "life." When read together with Volume 1 (containing "Place" and "I and Thou"), a single "vertical axis" of Nishida's thought runs through it. For those who wish to broaden the scope of their contemplation to religious dimensions, we recommend Takemura Makio's "The Core of Religion: Learning from Kitaro Nishida and Daisetsu Suzuki." https://amzn.to/45QsK70 Using the correspondence between Nishida and the Zen master Daisetsu Suzuki as a guide, we trace how Nishida's perspective on "absolutely free others" deepened, and rediscover the questions that Nishida's philosophy poses to our way of life. If you want to explore another possibility hidden in Nishida's concept of "time," Toshio Shigehisa's "Nishida Philosophy and Its Beyond: Two Possibilities in the Theory of Time" is the perfect companion. https://amzn.to/4eBBbFp He illuminates the "sealed thought" that lurks secretly behind the phrase "eternal now," inviting readers to delve into the depths of his thought. On the other hand, if you want to place Nishida within the overall flow of Japanese thought, Hisafumi Tanaka's "Reading Japanese Philosophy: The Genealogy of the Idea of ​​Nothingness" https://amzn.to/44ia9Q7 provides a satisfying bird's-eye view. It shows how figures like Gen Tanabe and Kiyoshi Miki inherited and varied Nishida's concept of "nothingness," revealing a single path through the intellectual history of modern Japan. For a more applied reading, check out Shoji Takatani's "The Educational Anthropology of 'I and Thou'." https://amzn.to/407aVgd By recasting the concept of "I and Thou" in the concrete context of the educational field, you can grasp how Nishida's philosophy provides insights into the methodology of character development and dialogue. While an academic study, this book is also thought-provoking for readers struggling with interpersonal relationships in the classroom or workplace. Seen in this light, the journey to learning Nishida's philosophy follows a five-step trajectory: "Get a foothold with an introduction → Listen to his breathing in the original texts → Follow the growth of his thought in his collections → Observe his polyhedrons in his research books → Reinterpret him from an international perspective." At each stage, if you take notes while reading using keywords such as "pure experience," "place," and "absolute contradictory self-identity" as clues, concepts will unexpectedly intersect and new thoughts will emerge off the page. Beyond the silent type, a philosopher from a hundred years ago will shed light on our "now" -- we encourage you to experience this. 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