Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword A Contemplative Life vii
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction xv
6. Conventions and Abbreviations xxv
7. Prologue 1
8. 1. Childhood: “White Sand, Green Pine Needles” (1870–1886) 5
9. 2. Mathematics or Philosophy? (1886–1891) 16
10. 3. The Imperial University (1891–1894) 30
11. 4. Existential Impasse and Zen Practice (1894–1899) 45
12. 5. Toward Kenshö: An Inner Journey (1899–1904) 59
13. 6. The Birth of a Philosopher (1904–1907) 76
14. 7. Pure Experience and On Religion (1908–1909) 96
15. 8. Gakushūin in Tokyo: A Year of Transition (1909–1910) 103
16. 9. Kyoto Imperial University: Early Years (1910–1912) 117
17. 10. Consolidation of the Philosophy Department (1913–1917) 135
18. 11. Correspondence with Tanabe Hajime (1913–1917) 151
19. 12. The Calm before the Storm (1917–1919) 161
20. 13. Sorrows of Life and Philosophy (1919–1922) 171
21. 14. The Nishida-Einstein Connection (1920–1922) 185
22. 15. An Inner Struggle and a Breakthrough (1923–1925) 188
23. 16. The Logic of the Topos (1924–1926) 202
24. 17. Retirement (1926–1929) 210
25. 18. Formation of the Kyoto School of Philosophy (1929–1932) 227
26. 19. Remarriage and Nishida’s View of Women (1927–1931) 234
27. 20. Development of Personalist Dialectics (1932–1934) 248
28. 21. Education and Scholarship under Fascism (1935–1937) 262
29. 22. Dark Political Undercurrent (1936–1937) 278
30. 23. The Dialectical World as the Absolutely Contradictory Self-Identity (1938–1940) 290
31. 24. History, State, and the Individual (1940–1941) 305
32. 25. Finale (1942–1945) 319
33. Epilogue 336
34. Notes 341
35. Glossary of Names and Terms 403
36. Bibliography 423
37. Index 455