\”To Be\”

“To be is to know thyself.”

My way: To relativise myself from my Japanese background. Conceptually understand myself. My passion, the desire of self-knowledge, drives me toward this purpose even when it means leaving someone important to me behind, because the mystery is always in my mind why I am what I am.

Introduction

From the 17th to the 19th century, the world saw dramatic changes in many aspects of human life. Especially in Europe, the period paved the way to shape the present world. On the other hand, Japan experienced a remarkably stable era, called the Edo Period (1603-1867) when people were divided into four different classes and the social system was firmly fixed. The legacy has still its cultural influence on the present Japanese society.

So here we have, so to speak, change on one hand, and harmony on the other. To know myself better, I would like to examine what kind of thought system underlies these different histories, through which I hope I can better know the current stage of my conceptual self.

 

Filed by Satoru Shimada at 2:33 pm under Uncategorized