Kitarō Nishida (1870–1945)
Author of An Inquiry into the Good
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Works by Kitarō Nishida
Ontology of Production: Three Essays (Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society) (2012) 20 copies
La science experimentale : Suivi de Explications schématiques, Essais de philosophie, III 1939 (2010) 2 copies
Luogo 1 copy
Nishida Kitaro Complete Works collection of letters first (1966) ISBN: 4000903187 [Japanese Import] 1 copy
Subjective limited Nishida Kitaro Complete Works Non- (1965) ISBN: 4000903063 [Japanese Import] 1 copy
L'Io e il Tu 1 copy
Die Philosophie der Kyoto-Schule : Zweite, erweiterte und mit einer neuen Einführung versehene Auflage (2014) 1 copy
Ensaio Sobre o Bem 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Nishida, Kitarō
- Legal name
- Nishida, Kitaro
- Birthdate
- 1870-06-17
1870-05-19 (Chinese calendar) - Date of death
- 1945-06-07
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Japan
- Birthplace
- Ishikawa, Japan
- Place of death
- Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Works
- 48
- Members
- 286
- Popularity
- #81,618
- Rating
- 3.3
- Reviews
- 3
- ISBNs
- 61
- Languages
- 6
"Some scholars think that certain simple, independent constituents - such as the atoms expounded by atomists are fundamental reality. Such constituents are abstract concepts formulated for the sake of explanation, and they cannot actually exist." (Chapter 9).
There you have it, atoms are abstract concepts that don't exist. Somebody should tell the scientists.
I have read Art and Morality by Nishida and that was a decent book, that was actually interesting and had a unique approach to the topics mentioned in the title, but this is....really, really bad book.
I'm taking into account that Nishida wrote this in couple of years before 1911, but the constant and blatant prejudice toward the science of even his time in favor of religion is astounding.
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