About Tetsuzō Tanikawa
Lived 1895 – 1989 (aged 94). Tetsuzō Tanikawa was a Japanese philosopher and critic.
was a Japanese philosopher who promoted the concept of World Government for purposes of peace.
Career Tanikawa studied in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Kyoto, where he was one of the students of Kitaro Nishida, the leader of the Kyoto School.
Tanikawa introduced philosophical ideas in Japan through his translations of Georg Simmel and Immanuel Kant. His major philosophical influence was Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. He questioned how world peace could be realized in the face of nuclear proliferation at the beginning of the Cold War.
He was the father of the poet Shuntarō Tanikawa.
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Who was Tetsuzō Tanikawa?
Philosopher who promoted World Government for peace (1895-1989)
When was Tetsuzō Tanikawa born?
Tetsuzō Tanikawa was born on 26 May 1895 in Tokoname.
When did Tetsuzō Tanikawa die?
Tetsuzō Tanikawa died on 27 September 1989.
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Tetsuzō Tanikawa was a philosopher and critic.
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Tetsuzō Tanikawa was Japanese.
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