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    [fullTitle] => Hermitism and Impermanence: A Response to Nagasawa’s Argument on Transcendentalism in Medieval Japan
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Nagasawa argues that only transcendentalism can constitute a potentially successful response to the problem of impermanence. In this review, I argue that Chōmei’s hermitism can be another realistic strategy to respond to it. Chōmei lived in a small house in the remote mountains and interacted with the surrounding nature. His lifestyle is considered a good example of reconciling one’s finite life with the impermanence of the world and human sufferings. I conclude that Nagasawa’s interpretation of hermitism might be one-sided.

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                    [givenName] => Masahiro 
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    [doi] => 10.24204/ejpr.2022.3815
    [datePublished] => 2022-10-22
    [pdf] => https://www.philosophy-of-religion.eu/menuscript/index.php/ejpr/article/view/3815/version/1200/2942
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Hermitism and Impermanence: A Response to Nagasawa’s Argument on Transcendentalism in Medieval Japan

Masahiro
Waseda University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24204/ejpr.2022.3815

Abstract

Nagasawa argues that only transcendentalism can constitute a potentially successful response to the problem of impermanence. In this review, I argue that Chōmei’s hermitism can be another realistic strategy to respond to it. Chōmei lived in a small house in the remote mountains and interacted with the surrounding nature. His lifestyle is considered a good example of reconciling one’s finite life with the impermanence of the world and human sufferings. I conclude that Nagasawa’s interpretation of hermitism might be one-sided.

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