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Absolute nothingness in Nishida concerns the ground or context of distinctions. It must be distinguished from a blank world and from Madhyamaka’s account of emptiness.
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Guided course · Module 12 · Lesson 72
Self, world and nothingness in modern Japan
Nishida’s accounts of pure experience, place and absolute nothingness change over time. The lesson compares them with the earlier Buddhist idea of emptiness and examines the political implications proposed for his metaphysics.