Nishida Kitaro on experience
Nishida Kitaro (1870–1945) approaches experience within Kyoto School. Pure experience precedes subject–object split; later logic of basho (place) and absolute nothingness reframe self and world. Nishida seeks a philosophy adequate to both modern science and East Asian insight. On this page, the archive isolates English passages where that project meets experience most directly—useful for searches such as “nishida kitaro quotes on experience.”
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