Philosophy of Religion Research

The Place of God in Philosophy of Nishida Kitaro

Document Type : Original Research

Author

Associate Professor at the Department of Philosophy, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

Abstract

This article tries to show the place of God in philosophy of Nishida Kitaro. Thus, religious aspect of philosophical thought of Nishida has been considered in four themes, namely, God as the ground of reality, absolute nothingness, divine love, and religion. Nishida interprets God in mystical vocabulary which it is similar to theory of pantheism. He explains relation between God and the creatures as manifestation of God.  For him, God is the ground of reality and according this opinion, there is not any separation between God and world.  He also believes that God is not being, but He is absolute nothingness- of course it is not the same nothingness in Islamic philosophy that we know- and consciousness of this nothingness is equal with love of God and love of self. We intuit God from within and divine love lies in us.

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Philosophy of Religion Research
Volume 11, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1
May 2013
Pages 135-149