On the Relationship between the Philosophies of Nishida and Tanabe and the Principle of Asymmetry

西田和田边哲学的思想史原型可以追溯到中国古代的“变”观念和印度古代的“梵我合一”观念。特别是，田边的《物种逻辑》阐述了宗教与政治在世界层面上的相互否定。然而，即便如此，就田边的哲学局限于当下而言，相对于海德格尔的“存在的开始与历史”、怀特海的“过程”、儒佛的“进步与衰落”的历史观以及基督教的末世论，它还应进一步被解构为时代的、持续的历史观。

The intellectual historical prototypes of the philosophies of Nishida and Tanabe are traced back to the ancient Chinese concept of Change and the ancient Indian idea of the unity of Brahman and Atman. In particular, Tanabe's Logic of Species is articulated with regard to the mutual negation of religion and politics on the world level. Even if so, however, as far as Tanabe's philosophy is restricted to the present moment, it should be further deconstructed towards the epochal and durational view of history in comparison to Heidegger's idea of Beginning and History of Being, Whitehead's concept of Process, Confucian and Buddhist view of history as progress and decline, and Christian eschatology.