60 After giving up on negotiations with Higashi Honganji Enryō de-cided to establish his own school. Education would be a lifelong pro-ject, but as mentioned above there was always his battle with illness. Helping Enryō in the founding of the school were KATŌ Hiroyuki and TERADA Fukuju. Together with KATSU Kaishū, they would later be known as the “three benefactors of the Philosophy Academy.” Katō has already been introduced above, but Terada was a priest of Higashi Honganji—a member of the same True School sect as En-ryō—and had studied at Keio University where he earned the deep trust of FUKUZAWA Yukichi. On Fukuzawa’s recommendation, Te-rada joined the temple Shinjōji and gave his full support to Enryō. Coming up to two years after graduation from university, Enryō consulted with supporters such as the above and moved toward the implementation phase of establishing the Philosophy Academy. In June 1887 he published “The Objective of Founding the Philosophy Academy” in newspapers and magazines. Summarily it said, tellect. Development of the intellect is facilitated by education, and in order to attain to a higher intellect one must make use of an appropriate branch of learning—which is philosophy. Philosophy is learning that delves into the fundamental truths of the universe and establishes its principles. It is the “central government” for all learning, from politics and law, to science and industrials arts. It is the learning that unifies all learning. Objectives of Founding the Philosophy Academy Civilization is advanced mainly through the development of in-However, the only school that specializes in philosophy is the
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