Keiji Nishitani was a Japanese university professor, scholar, and Kyoto School philosopher.
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10 Facts About Keiji Nishitani
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In 1924 Nishitani received his doctorate from Kyoto Imperial University for his dissertation "Das Ideale und das Reale bei Schelling und Bergson".
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Keiji Nishitani studied under Martin Heidegger in Freiburg from 1937 to 1939.
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Keiji Nishitani held the principal Chair of Philosophy and Religion at Kyoto University from 1943 until becoming emeritus in 1964.
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Keiji Nishitani then taught philosophy and religion at Otani University.
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At various times Keiji Nishitani was a visiting professor in the United States and Europe.
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On Heisig's reading, Keiji Nishitani's philosophy had a distinctive religious and subjective bent, drawing Keiji Nishitani close to existentialists and mystics, most notably Søren Kierkegaard and Meister Eckhart, rather than to the scholars and theologians who aimed at systematic elaborations of thought.
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Heisig argues that, unlike Nishida who had supposedly focused on building a philosophical system and who towards the end of his career began to focus on political philosophy, Keiji Nishitani focused on delineating a standpoint "from which he could enlighten a broader range of topics, " and wrote more on Buddhist themes towards the end of his career.
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In works such as Religion and Nothingness, Keiji Nishitani focuses on the Buddhist term Sunyata and its relation to Western nihilism.
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Keiji Nishitani's written works have been edited into a 26-volume collection Nishitani Keiji Chosakushu.
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