"To know reality is to see things as they truly are, not as we wish them to be." – Nishida Kitarō.

What does this mean? And how did Nishida arrive at this view? A thread on his philosophy of pure experience and its Zen Buddhist roots. #NishidaKitarō👇🧵

In the end, Nishida’s philosophy reminds us that wisdom is not about control or certainty but about openness. Reality is not something to be grasped—it is something to be lived.

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Charla de Nieves Soriano Nieto sobre la Escuela de Kioto: Nishida Kitaro, Hajime Tanabe y Nishitani Keiji. Youtube: youtu.be/YcQom-nGiyo iVoox: go.ivoox.com/rf/171009899 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1i9p... #filosofiaenabierto #filosofia #filosofiajaponesa #escueladekioto #nishidakitaro

It is just that we are not aware of it. But by looking deeply into the recesses of our own self-contradiction, we reach the absolute. It is an unconditional surrender to God."

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#NISHIDAKITARO ON THE PATH OF CONTRADICTION

"We are connected to God at our origins because we are
created beings. As ourselves creators in a world where opposites unite, where the contradictions of past and future coexist in the present we touch the Absolute.

¿Qué es una imagen? Filosóficamente hablando #filosofia #filosofiaenabierto #imagen #susansontag #nishidakitaro youtube.com/shorts/ikTz_...

Kazuaki Oda @ContactEnojp talking about #KukiShuzo and #NishidaKitaro

By looking deeply into the recesses of our own self-contradiction, we reach the Absolute.

- #NishidaKitaro