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| Born | (1922-11-19)November 19, 1922 |
| Died | October 13, 2012(2012-10-13) (aged 89) |
| Occupation | Philosopher |
Tomonobu Imamichi (今道 友信,Imamichi Tomonobu; November 19, 1922 – October 13, 2012) was aJapanese philosopher who studiedChinese philosophy.[1]
Imamichi taught in Europe (Paris and Germany) as well as in Japan (he was also emeritus professor of theUniversity of Palermo). Beginning in 1979 he was the president of theCentre International pour l'Étude Comparée de Philosophie et d'Esthétique and after 1997 of theInternational Institute of Philosophy. In 1976 he founded the journalAesthetics.
He translatedAristotle'sPoetics into Japanese (in 1972) and has written numerous books in Japanese. Imamichi was a supporter ofcommunication between cultures. He characterizesWestern philosophy as an attempt to achieve a God's eye view (das in-dem-Gott-sein; to be in the being of God) andEastern philosophy as an attempt to be in the world (das in-der-Welt-sein). Imamichi sees in both stances two incomplete and complementaryhumanisms, and observes that since the publication ofThe Book of Tea, some Western philosophers have adopted a more Eastern stance while other Eastern philosophers have attempted to reach the Absolute or the Eternal.
Tomonobu Imamichi was the father of guitarist and songwriterTomotaka Imamichi, pianist Nobuko Kawaguchi, biologist Yukiko Imamichi and psychologist Tomoaki Imamichi.
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