Japanese university professor, scholar, and Kyoto School philosopher
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Keiji Nishitani
西谷 啓治
Born
(1900-02-27)February 27, 1900
Ishikawa, Japan
Died
November 24, 1990(1990-11-24) (aged 90)
Kyoto, Japan
Nationality
Japanese
Alma mater
Kyoto Imperial University
Notable work
Religion and Nothingness
Era
Contemporary philosophy
Region
Japanese philosophy
Buddhist philosophy
School
Kyoto School
Institutions
Kyoto Imperial University
Main interests
Philosophy of religion, nihilism, nothingness, emptiness, mysticism
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The Kyoto School of Philosophy
at Kyoto University
Topics
Shin Buddhism
Logic of basho
Nothingness
Zen
Mu
Kenosis
Metanoetics
Sunyata
Interfaith dialogue
Individuals
Nishida Kitarō
Tanabe Hajime
Kuki Shūzō
Watsuji Tetsurō
Miki Kiyoshi
Nishitani Keiji
Hisamatsu Shin’ichi
Abe Maso
Suzuki Daisetsu
Historical background
Meiji Restoration
Nationalism and WW II
Occupation of Japan
Post-occupation
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Keiji Nishitani (西谷 啓治, Nishitani Keiji, February 27, 1900 – November 24, 1990) was a Japanese philosopher. He was a scholar of the Kyoto School and a disciple of Kitarō Nishida. In 1924, Nishitani received his doctorate from Kyoto Imperial University for his dissertation "Das Ideale und das Reale bei Schelling und Bergson". He studied under Martin Heidegger in Freiburg from 1937 to 1939.
KeijiNishitani (西谷 啓治, NishitaniKeiji, February 27, 1900 – November 24, 1990) was a Japanese philosopher. He was a scholar of the Kyoto School and a...
religious it was informed significantly by it. For example, Tanabe and KeijiNishitani wrote on Christianity and Buddhism and identified common elements between...
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philosopher KeijiNishitani. The book was published in English translation in 1982, and received positive reviews, commending Nishitani for his understanding...
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influenced by the work of the Kyoto School which included Kitaro Nishida, KeijiNishitani, Hajime Tanabe and Masao Abe. These thinkers brought Buddhist ideas...
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Dharmapala Ledi Sayadaw B. R. Ambedkar Taixu Yin Shun Kitaro Nishida KeijiNishitani Hajime Tanabe Masao Abe D. T. Suzuki Mahasi Sayadaw K. N. Jayatilleke...
Dharmapala Ledi Sayadaw B. R. Ambedkar Taixu Yin Shun Kitaro Nishida KeijiNishitani Hajime Tanabe Masao Abe D. T. Suzuki Mahasi Sayadaw K. N. Jayatilleke...
Europe only a very few accounts of Buddhism. Buddhist philosopher KeijiNishitani sought to distance Buddhism from Schopenhauer. While Schopenhauer's...
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alongside philosophers Kitaro Nishida (also Tanabe's teacher) and KeijiNishitani. He taught at Tōhoku Imperial University beginning in 1913 and later...
German philosophy) and Buddhist thought and included Kitaro Nishida, KeijiNishitani, Hajime Tanabe, and Masao Abe. The most important trend in Japanese...
Re-appraisal of Sinology and Reconstruction of Chinese Culture", 1958 KeijiNishitani, Religion and Nothingness, 1961 Category:Philosophical databases List...
would be the aforementioned Shin'ichi Hisamatsu (1889–1980) and also KeijiNishitani (1900–1990), as well as Hajime Tanabe (1885–1962), key professors for...
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has written about the work of Junji Ito, Osamu Dazai, Haruo Sato, KeijiNishitani, Izumi Kyōka, Edogawa Rampo, and Zen death poetry. He wrote a column...
Dharmapala Ledi Sayadaw B. R. Ambedkar Taixu Yin Shun Kitaro Nishida KeijiNishitani Hajime Tanabe Masao Abe D. T. Suzuki Mahasi Sayadaw K. N. Jayatilleke...
Dharmapala Ledi Sayadaw B. R. Ambedkar Taixu Yin Shun Kitaro Nishida KeijiNishitani Hajime Tanabe Masao Abe D. T. Suzuki Mahasi Sayadaw K. N. Jayatilleke...
Dharmapala Ledi Sayadaw B. R. Ambedkar Taixu Yin Shun Kitaro Nishida KeijiNishitani Hajime Tanabe Masao Abe D. T. Suzuki Mahasi Sayadaw K. N. Jayatilleke...
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