Keiji Nishitani
Keiji Nishitani (西谷 啓治, Nishitani Keiji, February 27, 1900 – November 24, 1990) was a Japanese philosopher. He was a scholar of the Kyoto School and a disciple of Kitarō Nishida. In 1924, Nishitani received his doctorate from Kyoto Imperial University for his dissertation "Das Ideale und das Reale bei Schelling und Bergson". He studied under Martin Heidegger in Freiburg from 1937 to 1939.
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| 西谷 啓治 | |
| Born | February 27, 1900 |
| Died | November 24, 1990 (aged 90) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Alma mater | Kyoto Imperial University |
| Notable work | Religion and Nothingness |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
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| School | Kyoto School |
| Institutions | Kyoto Imperial University |
Main interests | Philosophy of religion, nihilism, nothingness, emptiness, mysticism |
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