[About the Book]
ーA Great and Unique Philosophy-
Philosophy and religion are generally considered distinct disciplines. However, Kitaro Nishida, one of Japan’s most renowned philosophers who established a unique intellectual world known as Nishida Philosophy, regarded philosophy and religion as inseparably one and the same.
This book explores what religion meant for Nishida, while also delving deeply into core themes of Nishida Philosophy, such as “logic of place” and the “unity of subject and object.” It is a collection of essays that illuminate the very essence of his thought.

[Table of Contents]
Postcard
Legend
Introduction On the Logic of Nishida’s Philosophy
Chapter 1: Nishida’s Philosophy and Phenomenological Viewpoint
Chapter 2: Awareness of Absolute Nothingness
Chapter 3 Location
Chapter 4: Self and Not-Self
Chapter 5: Investigating Your Own Matters
Chapter 6: Discernment and Unity
Epilogue
Author Profile

[Editor’s Comment]
Nishida’s philosophy is both highly original and notoriously difficult to grasp. In this volume, the author explains Nishida’s ideas with clarity, adopting the perspective that “Nishida’s philosophy is fundamentally difficult because it is, at its core, a philosophy of religion.” This book is highly recommended not only for those currently studying Nishida, but also for those who once gave up on his thought due to its complexity and now wish to try again with renewed guidance.

[Author Profile]
Hiroji Oka
Born in 1943 in Tochigi Prefecture.
1966 Graduated from the First Faculty of Law, Waseda University, and entered the master’s program in history at the Graduate School of Letters (the teacher of the “unknown student” was Suzuki Shigetaka, a Western medieval historian and one of the “Four Heavenly Kings” of the so-called “Kyoto School”).
In 1972 he withdrew from the Ph.D. program of the same department. Worked at Jumonji Private High School.

In 1967, he was deeply impressed by Nishida’s disciple, Nishitani Keiji’s “What is Religion? He also joined Torataro Shimomura’s “Primtuar Kai”, a group of the same school. After retirement, he attended “Sunday Zen Meditation” at Komazawa University.
Member: “The Religious Society of Japan and Nishida Tetsugakkai.
Writings: “What Religion Was for Kitaro Nishida: Approaching the Originality of Nishida’s Philosophy” (22nd Century Art Co., Ltd.)
*Major works: “The Idea of Time in French Civilization”.