Johann W. Goethe y Nishida Kitarô: la metamorfosis de las plantas y la transformación del mundo

Johann W. Goethe and Nishida Kitarô: the metamorphosis of plants and the transformation of the world

Authors

  • Agustín Jacinto Zavala El Colegio de Michoacán

Abstract

A possible approach to Nishida Kitarô’s philosophy begins with the relationship between the material world, or nature, and the social world, which develops towards the formation of the historical world inhabited by human beings. As Nishida writes, the
historical world “develops from the material world to the world of living beings, and from the world of living beings to the world of human beings” (NKZ, IX: 172). One aspect of this development comes through transformation and metamorphosis. In the first part of this text, I tried to clarify some aspects of Nishida’s thought related to the environment as a condition for events in the historical world (VIII: 117), as well as his intellectual and emotional response. In this context, in the second Part of this text, we can situate Nishida’s dialogue with Goethe, through the concepts of metamorphosis and continuous transformation, both in living beings and in nature in the historical world. This is an important aspect that can be seen in Goethe’s scientific and literary expression, as well as in his philosophical expression in the Complete Works of Nishida Kitarô.
Keywords: Material World; Nature; Social World; Historical World; Living beings; Metamorphosis.

Author Biography

Agustín Jacinto Zavala, El Colegio de Michoacán

Professor en El Colegio de Michoacán.

Published

2024-01-03

How to Cite

Jacinto Zavala, A. (2024). Johann W. Goethe y Nishida Kitarô: la metamorfosis de las plantas y la transformación del mundo: Johann W. Goethe and Nishida Kitarô: the metamorphosis of plants and the transformation of the world. Modernos & Contemporâneos - International Journal of Philosophy [issn 2595-1211], 7(17), 35–54. Retrieved from https://ojs.ifch.unicamp.br/index.php/modernoscontemporaneos/article/view/5214