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Nishida Kitaro Quotes on Mind

Nishida Kitaro was a Japanese philosopher and the founder of the Kyoto School. This page collects quotes attributed to Nishida Kitaro on the topic of mind, drawn from across the philosopher's works.

Quotes

  • Attributed to Nishida Kitaro:

    “Pure experience is prior to the distinction between subject and object.”

  • Attributed to Nishida Kitaro:

    “To know a thing is, in the deepest sense, to identify with it.”

  • Attributed to Nishida Kitaro:

    “True self-awareness is to see oneself in the face of absolute nothingness.”

  • Attributed to Nishida Kitaro:

    “The world of acting individuals is a world of contradictory self-identity.”