Gods, Spirits and Heaven in Ogyū Sorai’s Political Theory

Ansart, Olivier

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“…Ссылаясь на исследование О. Лидина, в котором он в контексте вопроса о «внешнем» и «внутреннем» пишет, что Огю Сорай разделяет реальность на объективную (человеческий мир) и субъективную (Небо и Земля), в рамках которых 25. В контексте этого вопроса особое значение имеет ряд работ О. Ансара: Ansart, 2010Ansart, , 2009Ansart, , 2019Ansart, , 1998Ansart, , 2014 26. К. Г. Маранджян отмечает, что концепция Неба в философии Огю Сорая имеет ярко выраженный религиозный оттенок, т. к. в отличие от китайских представлений, где Небо -это неперсонифицированная сила, Сорай говорит о Небе как о главе ста богов (Маранджян, 1986а: 136).…”

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“…Таким образом, ключом к пониманию всего вышеуказанного комплекса противоречивых идей Сорая о происхождении Пути является, на наш взгляд, более продуктивное методологическое разграничение аспектов Пути на материальные (эмпирические) и нормативные (трансцендентальные) ограничения, предлагаемое О. Ансаром (Ansart, 2019(Ansart, , 2014. Трансцендентальные (т. е. доопытные с позиции обычного человека) ограничения, конечно же, были доступны только создателям Пути, то есть Совершенномудрым царям древности.…”

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The Renewal of Tradition in the Political Thought of Early Modern Japan: The Confucian Concept of Dao and the Question of the Origin of Social Order in Ogyū Sorai’s Theory

Matveenko¹

2021

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In Japan’s early modern period, Confucian philosophy was considered as a pattern of political discourse. Hence, many Japanese thinkers of the time were involved into solving political problems. The paper deals with the theory of social order developed by Ogyū Sorai (1666–1728), a major Confucian philosopher and the most progressive thinker of the time, who criticized modern schools for the practical incompetence of their ideas. Sorai’s theory unfolded around the idea of the Way of Early Kings, which he saw as a complex of principles that formed the foundation of social order. The Confucian concept of Dao is fundamental for this idea, the ethical interpretation of which was proposed by Sorai’s contemporaries, while Sorai considered the Way as a political category. The paper begins with a brief introduction to the role that Confucian thought played in the forming of the language of political discourse in Japan. Further, the author discusses Sorai’s ideas on the early kings and the Way created by them, as well as on social order, the role of the ruler, and human nature. The author pays special attention to Sorai’s theory of language that connects his lexicographic and political works. The fact is that since Sorai’s attention to the Way was grounded on his methodology, he believed that careful work with the language was the way to proper government and social order. The article concludes with an analysis of the way Sorai theorized the concept of Dao. On one hand, in his practical precepts, Sorai offered a pragmatic and politically-problematized interpretation of Dao. On the other hand, in his ideas on Heaven, gods, and spirits, Sorai offered a metaphysical perspective of Dao that is characterized with concerns for ontological and epistemological questions. As a result, in order to point out the significance of Sorai’s utilitarian and disenchanting world ideas since they were an important step in the history of Japanese philosophy that preceded modernity, the author attempts to describe Ogyū Sorai’s logic of social order based on both the pragmatical and metaphysical perspectives of his theory.

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The Renewal of Tradition in the Political Thought of Early Modern Japan: The Confucian Concept of Dao and the Question of the Origin of Social Order in Ogyū Sorai’s Theory

Matveenko¹

2021

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Historyzm w myśli Ogyū Soraia

Skurski

2023

Gdańskie Studia Azji Wschodniej

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The article examines the thought of the Japanese Confucian philosopher Ogyū Sorai, asking whether any traces of historicism can be found in his ideas. Ogyū Sorai was a prominent early 17th-century thinker, whose considerable role in the development of Japan’s modern philosophical tradition is widely known, mostly because of how he criticized the dominant node of Neo-Confucianism that supported the Tokugawa political system. Contrary to the most common trends in analyzing Ogyū Sorai, the author focuses neither on the political or strictly philosophical aspect of his thinking, but rather on his views regarding the past and its role in shaping the future. While discussing the Japanese philosopher’s major works, such as Benmei, Bendō, and Sorai-sensei tōmonsho, the author comes to the conclusion that a historicist approach toward the flow of time can be clearly seen in Sorai’s thinking. His philosophy displays no ahistoricism nor cyclical understanding of time. This creates a strong case for further research on how Sorai’s thought facilitated the development of ideas on progress and modernization in the late Edo period of Japanese history.

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Gods, Spirits and Heaven in Ogyū Sorai’s Political Theory

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The Renewal of Tradition in the Political Thought of Early Modern Japan: The Confucian Concept of Dao and the Question of the Origin of Social Order in Ogyū Sorai’s Theory

The Renewal of Tradition in the Political Thought of Early Modern Japan: The Confucian Concept of Dao and the Question of the Origin of Social Order in Ogyū Sorai’s Theory

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