【安藤礼二にきく】井筒俊彦とはいったい何者か

In 1993, Toshihiko Izutsu, a mysterious intellectual representing Japan, passed away. This extraordinary intellectual giant, who spoke 30 languages, studied various academic fields, and combined them to create a huge philosophy, taught at the Royal Academy of Philosophy of Iran, and was the second Japanese person to be invited to the Eranos Conference, which brings together intellectual giants related to mysticism from all over the world, after Daisetsu Suzuki. What was it about Toshihiko Izutsu, whose deep and vast worldview continues to fascinate intellectuals and artists even today? We asked literary critic Reiji Ando, ​​author of "Toshihiko Izutsu: Philosophy of the Origin" (Keio University Press). (Interviewer: Hikaru Nagano, video journalist) A digest of this interview is available on the online media JBpress. https://jbpress.ismedia.jp/articles/-...