Resumen de 散文が美に近づくとき: When Prose Approaches Beauty
This essay takes up the question of philosophy and beauty on two fronts. On the one hand, it first asks how prose approaches beauty; and on the other, how prose can itself become a thing of beauty. Philosophical writing is often citicized for its poor literary quality and for being difficult to understand. Without wishing to gainsay the evidence for these complaints, it is suggested that there is beauty of another sort to be found in philosophical prose. As a concrete example, the style of Nishida Kitarō is considered in the light of the accusations of bad writing leveled against it by the noted literary critic Kobayashi Hideo. Against this position, the author attempts a more positive evaluation of the philosopher's style.
