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Impermanence as Beauty

We are often overwhelmed by the fact that things never stay the same but go into decay and perish in the end, impermanence. Impermanence is…

Jul 18, 2024

Jul 18, 2024

Tominaga Nakamoto

Tominaga Nakamoto(富永仲基) was one of the scholars in the Edo perio, who had the boldness to criticize Confucianism, Buddhism, and Shintoism…

Jan 26, 2024

Jan 26, 2024

Fragmentary Memoranda

1. Comparing Plato’s ‘Parmenides’ and ‘Philebus’, it seems to me that, concerning the problem of the one and the many, in ‘Parmenides’…

Mar 7, 2023

Mar 7, 2023

From Anselm to Spinoza

This writing of Spinoza and Anselm is just what came to mind in a chaotic way; I just wrote it down so it’s not so organized. I may delete…

Dec 26, 2022

From Anselm to Spinoza

Dec 26, 2022

Should a Philosopher Follow Common Sense?

It depends. I mean, she should when she should, but she shouldn’t when she shouldn’t. If she doesn’t, she might get into serious trouble…

Oct 31, 2022

Should a Philosopher Follow Common Sense?

Oct 31, 2022

Fragmentary Comments on Spinoza’s Philosophy

The character of God changed from Judaism to Christianity. So we can say that there can also be found a change in the definition of God in…

Jun 21, 2022

Fragmentary Comments on Spinoza’s Philosophy

Jun 21, 2022

On Thales

[1]Thales’ Philosophy I’m going to talk about Thales. It is said that Thales is the founder of the school of natural philosophy in ancient…

Apr 22, 2022

On Thales

Apr 22, 2022

Fragments on Peak and Plateau Experience

Peak and plateau experience is a term coined by Maslow. The plateau experience comes because of old age and follows the peak experiences.

Mar 31, 2022

Fragments on Peak and Plateau Experience

Mar 31, 2022

Honen’s One Sheet Document

I’d like to write a short piece about Honen. Honen was one of the earliest Buddhism reformers in the Kamakura period in Japan. He…

Feb 19, 2022

Honen’s One Sheet Document

Feb 19, 2022

To Define or Not To Define

Heidegger, in his Being and Time, famously quotes the following sentences from one of the works by Plato, meaning that though we are in…

Feb 15, 2022

To Define or Not To Define

Feb 15, 2022

Hiroshi Satow

Hiroshi Satow

A teacher in Japan, teaching English and kind of philosophy to highschool kids. A big fan of Shogi and chess. And a poet. https://twitter.com/HiroshiSatow

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