Kitaro Nishida declared that, “The motive of philosophy must be the profound sadness of life, rather than surprise. “Kanashimi”(sadness) in Nishida’s thought is a feeling about the self-contradiction of human existence which shapes the life of a mortal being. We can barely connect with others or gods, when we“kanashimu” (grieve) our “kanashimi” (sadness).
