Kitarō Nishida
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Japanese philosopher (1870–1945)
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Kitarō Nishida (1870–1945) was a Japanese writer, philosopher, and university teacher. He was a member of the Kyoto School movement and adhered to Japanese Zen. Nishida held academic degrees including a Doctor of Letters and studied under Hōjō Tokiyuki. He taught at Kyoto University, Taisho University, and Ōtani University.
Born in Kahoku and buried at Tōkei-ji Temple, Nishida died in Kamakura from uremia. His notable works include *續思索と體驗*, *初期草稿*, *小篇*, *哲學の根本問題*, and *一般者の自覺的體系*. He received the Order of Culture. Nishida wrote in Japanese and is associated with the significant place Philosopher's Walk.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1870
- Died
- 1945
- Works
- 85
Top works
- 形而上学序論
- 西田幾多郎の手紙
- 續思索と體驗
- 初期草稿
- 小篇
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1870-05-19 ) May 19, 1870, Unokema, Ishikawa , Japan
- Died
- June 7, 1945 (1945-06-07) (aged 75), Kamakura, Kanagawa , Japan
- Alma mater
- Tokyo Imperial University
- Era
- 20th-century philosophy
- Region
- Japanese philosophy
- School
- Kyoto School
- Institutions
- Kyoto Imperial University
- Main interests
- Metaphysics , aesthetics
- Notable ideas
- Logic of basho absolute nothingness
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of birth
- Kahoku
- Place of death
- Kamakura
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Native language
- Japanese
- Religion
- Japanese Zen
- Award
- Order of Culture
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Letters
- Student of
- Hōjō Tokiyuki
- Movement
- Kyoto School
- Image
- Portrait-of-Kitaro-Nishida.png
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- Kitarō Nishida
- date of birth
- 1870-05-19
- date of death
- 1945-06-07
- name in kana
- にしだ きたろう
- name in native language
- 西田幾多郎
- cause of death
- uremia
- art name
- 寸心
- place of burial
- Tōkei-ji Temple
- writing language
- Japanese
- ethnic group
- Japanese people
- interested in
- Philosopher's Walk
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Kitarō Nishida (西田 幾多郎, Nishida Kitarō; May 19, 1870 – June 7, 1945) was a Japanese moral philosopher, philosopher of mathematics and science, and religious scholar. He was the founder of what has been called the Kyoto School of philosophy. He graduated from the University of Tokyo during the Meiji period in 1894 with a degree in philosophy. He was named professor of the Fourth Higher School in Ishikawa Prefecture in 1899 and later became professor of philosophy at Kyoto University. Nishida retired in 1927. In 1940, he was awarded the Order of Culture (文化勲章, bunka kunshō). He participated in establishing the Chiba Institute of Technology (千葉工業大学) from 1940.
Nishida Kitarō died at the age of 75 of a renal infection. His cremated remains were divided in three and buried at different locations. Part of his remains were buried in the Nishida family grave in his birthplace Unoke, Ishikawa. A second grave can be found at Tōkei-ji Temple in Kamakura, where his friend D. T. Suzuki organized Nishida's funeral and was later also buried in the adjacent plot. Nishida's third grave is at Reiun'in (霊雲院, Reiun'in), a temple in the Myōshin-ji compound in Kyoto.
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