《Mental Philosophy》(English spelling)MentalPhilosophy

Japanese: 《Mental Philosophy》(英語表記)MentalPhilosophy
《Mental Philosophy》(English spelling)MentalPhilosophy

… Nishi Amane, the first person to introduce Western philosophical thought to Japan, translated Joseph Haven's Mental Philosophy (1857, second edition 1869) as Psychology (volumes 1 and 2, 1875-79) using the word imagination as one of the translations that conform to the existing practice. Therefore, it is known that the word imagination has been in common use in Japan for a long time, but in Chinese classics, it was used as "thinking of the past and imagining" (Chu Ci), and it seems to have meant "compassion" or "considering." …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Mental Philosophy" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…西洋の哲学思想の日本への最初の紹介者,西周は,ヘーブンJoseph Havenの《Mental Philosophy》(1857,第2版1869)を《心理学》(上・下巻,1875‐79)として上梓するに当たり,〈従来有ル所ニ従フ〉訳語の一つとしてimaginationに〈想像〉をあてている。したがって,〈想像〉の語が日本でも古くから慣用されていたことが知られるが,しかしその語は,漢籍などでは〈旧故ヲ思イテ,以テ想像ス〉(《楚辞》)などと使われ,〈おもいやり〉や〈おしはかる〉ことを意味していたようである。…

※「《Mental Philosophy》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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