自我をして
English translation: Xを
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| 14:59 Nov 19, 2007 |
| Japanese to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Philosophy / Keiji Nishitani | |||||||
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| 3 | existing as one's self |
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| 3 | 自我に |
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7 hrs confidence: 
existing as one's self Explanation: Wow...this is a gnarly sentence, indeed. Psychobabbel is not my forte, but here is a stab at the entire sentence: --------------------------------- The creative force mentioned by Nishiay is not some form of mental capacity that resides within the self, buy refers to a more practical and applied "ongoing driving force that serves to define a certain self by existing as the self." --------------------------------- The meaning of the sentence is a bit unclear, but from the text, I think this is what the author is trying to say. Hope this helps. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 13 hrs (2007-11-20 04:07:12 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Yeah...I hope you're making a pretty penny on this job. I've had to struggle through texts like this before, and it's about as fun as, like, I dunno, moving images around in Microsoft Word. |
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20 hrs confidence:
自我に Explanation: I think this is related to the form [object]をして....させる/しめる which is basically a slightly archaic way of saying [object]にさせる。 The shimeru of tarashimeru is an older form of the causative saseru; tarashimeru basically means to make something behave in a particular way. So the quote would be something like "the driving force that gives the self a particular form / identity." He seems to be talking generally about the idea that our identities are not cast in stone but rather creative attempts to show a particular coherent face to ourselves and the world. |
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