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Connecting Experience to Enlightenment: Nishida Kitaro's Idea of Pure Experience

Connecting Experience to Enlightenment: Nishida Kitaro's Idea of Pure Experience

An Introduction to Japanese Philosophy and the Kyoto School of Philosophy

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Nov 03, 2024
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When you look at the picture above what do you see? 

How real is your experience?

Is there anything getting in the way between you and these plants? 

Nishida’s Search for Existential Bliss

Nishida Kitaro (西田 幾多郎, 1870 — 1945) is perhaps the most famous modern Japanese philosopher. His work is marked by its groundbreaking st…

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