Heidegger in Japan

[028135]

在りし日の西谷啓治さん。哲学学者でなく、西田さんの薫陶をうけ­た真の哲学者だった。著書「宗教とは何か」は、西谷さんの思索と­体験が凝縮された名著だと想う。

[transfixedtornado]

He totally speaks like Heidegger too! :) :)

[uriangatobataclan]

Wow... such a clear German speak these Japanese gentlemen... very educational video.

[84bodhipath]

ok either translate this video or change the title to a non-english title.

[lexx1711988]

it is a german title, 'in' in german is 'in'

[84bodhipath]

lol!

touché

[analogious]

The title is, as far as I know, correct in German and Dutch. You are reading it too English.

[BrianTheMusicMan]

English translation please?

[Krelianx]

To those visiting this and other videos related to Heidegger, ignore rabmunch and his other pseudonyms like DocteurLariviere. He has a particular agenda trying to propagate Strauss' misreadings of Heidegger at all costs, for God knows what purposes.

[iwpoe]

I read Strauss' essay on Heidegger. While I must say that I admire his dedication to taking philosophy seriously, Strauss doesn't so much misread Heidegger as he fails to read him altogether. Though, I wonder why anyone would fail to understand this. Strauss more or less admits in the middle of the essay that he, being merely a scholar and not a philosopher, does not believe himself capable of evaluating Heidegger. Having read both him and Heidegger, I'm prone to agree.

[ppfuchs]

Post scriptum: And I am grateful to Dr, Abe's lovely wife who shared a memorable dinner with me in DC on the occasion of Dr. Abe's speech before a group of unruly Heideggarians, inviting me to a philospphical society conference held in Washington. But I should also say Husserlians, because the famous Dr. Mohanty proferred some of the best constructive criticism of Zen I have ever heard. Criticism which Dr. Abe handled with great aplomb and humor.

[ppfuchs]

I am forever grateful to the great disciple of Keiji Nishitani speaking here, that is Masao Abe. Dr. Abe invited me as a complete stranger to visit him in Berkeley in 1988. I treasured his utter human candor about hard things of life. Though I ultimately took a different path than the one laid out in Zen, his honesty and directness remain a great influence. His genius work to unite humanity through religion is an inspiration, and the signed draft

copy of his "Kenotic God" is a great treasure.

[epictetus89]

Hello. Just for your information-the man speaking to Nishitani here is Tsujimura Koichi, not Abe Masao. Both are members of the Kyoto School. And of course, Heidegger is a very important presence in Japanese philosophy: the relationship between the two is actually much more intricate than most people realize, as Heidegger tended to downplay the influence of Japanese philosophy in his thinking.

[ppfuchs]

I think you've got the cart before the horse, so to speak. Heidegger was important to some in Japan, and unfortunately, perhaps not in the best way, given Nishitani's frankly inexcusable wartime essays. Heidegger's Zen-like moments seem more to do with a descendance from Meister Eckhart than anything from Japan. I'm not familiar with Koichi, but I certainly knew Dr. Abe, perhaps you misunderstood.

[DocteurLariviere]

The Strauss essays on Heidegger may be obtained for free on the "Internet Archive", at "archive[dot]org". Search for "Strauss on Heidegger". A series of relevant and essential Strauss essays on Heidegger are included.

[rabmunch]

Strauss explains with unparalelled clarity the meaning of Heidegger's intention to confront the deepest sources of the East. It is a hidden fusion of the conflict between revelation and philosophy. Anyone wishing to understand this must read Strauss' essay entitled "on Existentialism".

[iwpoe]

Strauss cannot grasp metaphysics because he believes it nothing more than the political will of the individual. He does injustice to both Plato and Heidegger in this way.

[rabmunch]

What you have said is unclear and absurdly false. Strauss never said anything of the kind. What you assert is simply ridiculous.

In Strauss' essay on Existentialism and on German Nihilism he speaks most explicitly about Heidegger. Also in a marvelous and subtle essay, "The Problem of Socrates". I can send them to whomever wishes to read them.

[eldiagrama]

me 2 please

[think2mucho]

Can you so kind to send it to I?