KITARO Nishida

Nishida Kitaro (19.4.1870, near Kanazawa - 7/7/1945, Kamakura), Japanese idealist philosopher, founder of t. n. kiotoskoy School. Nishida's philosophical system was presented to them in the late 20's - early 30-ies. in the works of "self-conscious system of general" (1929), "Determination of non-existence in consciousness" (1931), "The basic question in philosophy" (1933). Nishida tried to prove the fundamental difference between Eastern philosophy from western. The peculiarity of cultures of the East saw in the inherent idea of nothingness. Nothingness Nishida tried to interpret from the standpoint of the teachings of Zen as a comprehensive representation of the universe, which "as a whole, he is nothing," "acting without acting," "determine, without defining". Despite the desire Nishida interpret his philosophy as "a truly oriental" emanating from Buddhism, his views are close to the essence of Western European idealist philosophy of the 20 th century, especially existentialism. According to the basic philosophical concept Nishida, . he called "antiintellektualisticheskoy", . intuitively true being achieved thanks to a special "way to deal with things", . or "way of understanding ourselves", . allowing to overcome the opposition of subjective and objective,
. Social development Nishida is a result of the interaction of the total - non-existence and individual - human individuals, the authenticity of relations which is reflected in communication between the "I" and "Thou."