Yuasa Yasuo's inquiry into Eastern philosophy is seeking to formulate a new perspective from which to rethink Western philosophy fundamentally. This kind of philosophical undertaking is shared by many modern Japanese philosophers like Nishida Kitaro and Watsuji Tetsuro. However, Yuasa also had his own and unique concerns. One can find these in his many books and articles on modern Japanese philosophy, especially, in his fearless criticism of former Japanese philosophers. In this paper, the author examines Yuasa's book The Body: Toward an Eastern Mind-Body Theory in regards to interpretation and criticism of Nishida's philosophy and argues that although these two philosophers have many shared interests they also have some decidedly different ideas. For example, Yuasa distinguishes the realm of ordinary experience from that of religious experience in order to scrutinize how one can transit from the former to the latter by bodily religious practice. In contrast to Yuasa's distinction, Nishida focuses on the overlapping of these two realms. Yuasa criticizes Nishida's logic and his queries into the logical structure of above-mentioned overlapping, and employs psychological methods instead. Comparing these two thinkers offers some hints in regards to how we can rethink 'philosophy' and 'religion' in the light of Eastern philosophy and religion.

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1. 現代の閉塞感を打破するためには、人間の認識として単細胞レベルから有している原始感覚(印知感覚)を根底とする感性的認識と人間の特徴である理性的認識、さらにはそれらに基づいた実践的行為の3つが調和した、生活者(生かされて活きている存在者)となる必要がある。2. それを実現するためには、理性で捉えた時間・空間に加え、感性で捉えた瞬間(いまここ)を統合することにより、世界観・生命観・死生観を根本的に捉えなおす必要がある。3. 生活者一人ひとりが《いのち》の主人公となり、セルフケアの実践ならびに自助(セルフケア)・共助(地域包括ケア)・公助(専門医療)の関係を本来の姿へと再構築することにより、より良い医学・医療システムを医療従事者らと共に創造する。4. 《いのち》の働きである《自己治癒力・core》ならびに《自然治癒力・CORE》。これら2つが、医学・医療を必要としない、社会を実現するための《核》となる。

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