Shoko Rinri Gaku (Chiku Ma Gakugei Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Watsuji ethics seeks a place where ethics can be established not in the inner life of the individual, but in the relationships between people. His unique view of human nature, which sought to transcend the modern subject, flourished in his major works, "Ethics as the Study of Man" and "Ethics". However, there existed an unknown original manuscript, the first draft of "Ethics" (1931), which was not included in the complete works. In this hidden essay, which is not included in the complete works, the core of the "study of man" is vividly and clearly described. This original collection includes essays ("Faces and Personas"), lectures ("My Fundamental Ideas"), and a round-table discussion ("Existence, Emptiness, and Decadence"). It vividly conveys the fresh passion of his early years and the trajectory of his thought toward perfection.

個人の内面ではなく、人と人の「間柄」に「倫理」の成り立つ場を求める和辻倫理学。近代的主体の超克を模索しつづけたその独自の人間観は、主著『人間の学としての倫理学』『倫理学』において大きく開花する。だが、その二著には知られざる原典、初稿「倫理学」(1931年)が存在した。全集未収録のこの隠れたる論考には、その「人間の学」の核心がより活き活きと、克明に綴られている。ここに随筆「面とペルソナ」、講演「私の根本の考」および座談会「実存と虚無と頽廃」を収録した文庫オリジナル編纂。初期の瑞々して情熱と、その思考完成への軌跡を鮮やかに伝える。