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Kitaro Nishida

1870 - 1945

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Kitarō Nishida (西田 幾多郎, Nishida Kitarō; May 19, 1870 – June 7, 1945) was a Japanese moral philosopher, philosopher of mathematics and science, and religious scholar. He was the founder of what has been called the Kyoto School of philosophy. He graduated from the University of Tokyo during the Meiji period in 1894 with a degree in philosophy. He was named professor of the Fourth Higher School in Ishikawa Prefecture in 1899 and later became professor of philosophy at Kyoto University. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kitaro Nishida is the 765th most popular philosopher (down from 621st in 2019), the 751st most popular biography from Japan (down from 484th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Japanese Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Kitaro Nishida ranks 765 out of 1,267. Before him are Mortimer J. Adler, Cerinthus, Daisaku Ikeda, Thiruvalluvar, Luigi Guido Grandi, and F. H. Bradley. After him are Alcidamas, William Paley, Zhang Zai, Hermarchus, Denis de Rougemont, and Calcidius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Kitaro Nishida ranks 78. Before him are Saki, Conrad Böcker, Amadeo Giannini, Georges Claude, Emil Orlík, and Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein. After him are Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann, Enric Prat de la Riba, Ignacio Zuloaga, Dirk Jan de Geer, Thomas Byles, and Erskine Childers. Among people deceased in 1945, Kitaro Nishida ranks 165. Before him are Frank Chapman, Peter Högl, Gustav Cassel, Bertram Ramsay, Fritz Klingenberg, and Achille Starace. After him are Joseph Darnand, Helmuth James von Moltke, Paul Giesler, Ludwig Müller, Richard Thomalla, and Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kitaro Nishida ranks 751 out of 6,245. Before him are Hōjō Ujiyasu (1515), Kanō Eitoku (1543), Fujiwara no Teika (1162), Kujō Yoritsune (1218), Daisaku Ikeda (1928), and Tsutomu Sonobe (1958). After him are Riyoko Ikeda (1947), Chōjun Miyagi (1888), Shigeru Ban (1957), Kazumi Tsubota (1956), Takasugi Shinsaku (1839), and Shizo Kanakuri (1891).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Japan

Among philosophers born in Japan, Kitaro Nishida ranks 5. Before him are Fukuzawa Yukichi (1835), Masanobu Fukuoka (1913), Hakuin Ekaku (1686), and Daisaku Ikeda (1928). After him are Motoori Norinaga (1730), Hayashi Razan (1583), Arai Hakuseki (1657), and Ogyū Sorai (1666).

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