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Learn about Doshisha

Introduction

Explanatory Notes

　　

All the content on "Learn about Doshisha" originates from the following book: Center for the Study of Conscience, Doshisha University, ed., "Joseph Hardy Neesima and the Doshisha Spirit" (2023).

Part 1. The Life and Thought of Joseph Hardy Neesima

Introduction: The Era in Which Neesima Lived

1. In Search of Freedom

2. Beyond the Nation

3. Private School Philosophy

Part 2. Background of the Doshisha Spirit and Its Contemporary Significance

Introduction

1.Christian Values（キリスト教主義）

The Basis of Moral Education at Doshisha University（同志社大学徳育の基本と為す）

Love Runs Through Christianity（愛以てこれを貫く）

Love for One Means Loving Others（愛人とは他人を愛する也）

Truth is Like an Early-flowering Plum Tree. Dare to Violate the Wind and Snow to Open.（真理似寒梅敢侵風雪開）

Self-governing Churches (Congregational Churches)（自治教会［会衆主義教会］）

Pacifism（平和主義）

2. The Spirit of Freedom

Freedom Education, Self-governing Churches, Both Together（自由教育、自治教会、両者併行）

Self-governing Independence and Freedom（自治自立・自治自由）

Freedom（自由）

3. The View of Humanity

Conscience（良心）

My Colleagues, Each Person is Precious（諸君よ、人一人は大切なり）

An Extraordinary Person（倜儻不羈）

4. The View of Education

The Juxtaposition of Knowledge and Morality（智徳併行）

Local Education（地方教育論）

Improvement of Society（社会の改良）

Women’s Education（女子の学を進む［女子教育］）

5. Foundations of a University

Deep Forests and Large Lakes（深山大沢）

Universities as Institutes of Cosmological Principles（宇宙原理の講究所としての大学）

Private Schools and Private Universities（私塾・私立大学［私学］）

Doshisha（同志社）