Hermitism and Impermanence: A Response to Nagasawa's Argument on Transcendentalism in Medieval Japan
Nagasawa argues that only transcendentalism can constitute a potentially successful response to the problem of impermanence. In this review, I argue that Chōmei's hermitism can be another realistic strategy to respond to it. Chōmei lived in a small house in the remote mountains and interacted w...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham
2022
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European journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2022, Volume: 14, Issue: 3, Pages: 239-246 |
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| Summary: | Nagasawa argues that only transcendentalism can constitute a potentially successful response to the problem of impermanence. In this review, I argue that Chōmei's hermitism can be another realistic strategy to respond to it. Chōmei lived in a small house in the remote mountains and interacted with the surrounding nature. His lifestyle is considered a good example of reconciling one's finite life with the impermanence of the world and human sufferings. I conclude that Nagasawa's interpretation of hermitism might be one-sided. |
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| Reference: | Kritik von "Evil and the Problem of Impermanence in Medieval Japanese Philosophy (2022)"
Kritik in "Reply to Oliver Wiertz, Masahiro Morioka and Francesca Greco (2022)" |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: European journal for philosophy of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.24204/ejpr.2022.3815 |