Philosophy

“it is ignorant . . . to say that kami are humans.”

“The opinion which is fated to be ultimately agreed to by all who investigate, is what we mean by the truth, and the object represented in this opinion is the real.”

“At its best, the philosophical discipline causes us to think straight and to question misdirection in the propositions of others.”

“The Incarnation of the Son of God became the heart and centre of theology.”

“It is not profitable for us at present to do moral philosophy.”

“We can say that the ethical system of the philosopher Confucius is sublime.”

“The immaterial is the sensible reality of the universe.”

“六经皆史也。”

“I believe that education, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living.”

“La pensée africaine est aussi vieille que les peuples africains eux-mêmes.”

“Literature begins with that “why,” even if we were to answer that question over and over with an ordinary “I don’t know.””

“經以明道，以求道者不必空執義理求之也。但當正文字，辨音讀，釋訓詁，通傳注，則義理自見，而道在其中矣。”

“The self-so and the imperative are not two separate matters.”

“Anything and everything involving ideas, including theology, is intimately bound up with the existing social situation in at least an unconscious way.”

“There are two worlds; the world that we can measure with line and rule, and the world that we feel with our hearts and imaginations.”

“The concept of originality is completely relative.”

“It was really driven by a great wish to search for truth as a ground for “peace of mind and a meaningful existence.””

“道是式—能。”