Philosopher and critic of civilization. Born in Tomioka Village, Iruma County, Musashi Province (now Tokorozawa City, Saitama Prefecture). His real name was Kiichi. He moved to Tokyo at the age of 17 and studied at Nakamura Masanao's Dojinsha, Tokyo Eiwa School (now Aoyama Gakuin), and Doshisha in Kyoto. In 1889 (Meiji 22), he went to the United States and studied at the University of Kentucky and the University of Chicago, where he studied under J. Dewey. He returned to Japan in 1897 and the following year, in 1898, became professor of philosophy at Tokyo Technical School (now Tokyo Institute of Technology), a position he held until 1914 (Taisho 3). During this time, he served as a lecturer at Tokyo Senmon Gakko (now Waseda University) and participated in the Teiyu Ethics Society. Since returning to Japan, Odo has been actively writing from the standpoint of Dewey's pragmatism, but his writings have never been mere translations, introductions or commentaries of foreign literature; instead, he has unique ideas that recognize pragmatism in the ideas of Fukuzawa Yukichi and Ninomiya Sontoku. His philosophy is dominated by "thorough individualism," which is also the title of his main work, and he aims to enrich one's individuality through the concrete and realistic "life" of the individual, and that the enrichment of one's individuality is the basis of truth, goodness and beauty as the human ideal. His works include From the Study to the Streets, A New Study of Ninomiya Sontoku, Fukuzawa Yukichi, Thorough Individualism and My Non-Philosophy. [Kazuhisa Tashiro September 16, 2016] "Tanaka Odo Selections, 4 volumes (1948-1949, Seki Shoin)" [References] | |Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend |
哲学者、文明評論家。武蔵(むさし)国入間(いるま)郡富岡村(現、埼玉県所沢市)に出生。本名は喜一。17歳で上京。中村正直(なかむらまさなお)の同人社、東京英和学校(現、青山学院)、京都の同志社などに学ぶ。1889年(明治22)渡米、ケンタッキー大学、シカゴ大学などで学び、J・デューイに師事した。1897年帰国、翌1898年東京工業学校(現、東京工業大学)の哲学担当教授に就任し1914年(大正3)まで在職した。この間、東京専門学校(現、早稲田(わせだ)大学)講師を務め、丁酉(ていゆう)倫理会にも参加した。帰国以来王堂はデューイのプラグマティズムの立場にたって旺盛(おうせい)な文筆活動を展開したが、単なる外国文献の翻訳、紹介あるいは解説といった類のものは皆無で、福沢諭吉(ふくざわゆきち)や二宮尊徳(にのみやそんとく)などの思想にプラグマティズムを認めるなど、王堂独自のものであった。彼の思想を貫くものは主著の標題でもある「徹底個人主義」であり、個人の具体的・現実的な「生活」を通じて個性の充実を目ざし、個性の充実は人間の理想としての真善美の基本であるというものであった。著書に『書斎より街頭に』『二宮尊徳の新研究』『福沢諭吉』『徹底個人主義』『我が非哲学』などがある。 [田代和久 2016年9月16日] 『『田中王堂選集』全4巻(1948~1949・関書院)』 [参照項目] | |出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例 |
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