74 When someone tried to comfort him during a bout of this hem-optysis, Enryō just calmly said, “It’s only a little buildup that came out so there is no need to worry. If something that wasn’t there came out, that would be something to worry about!” He then let out a big laugh. He never forgot his humor even in the face of adversity. It was his encounter with Western philosophy that set the direction for Enryō’s life. Thus, in order to understand how he saw philosophy it will be helpful to first look at the ancient Greek philosophical worldview. This is divisible into the following four categories. (1) doxa: assumptions, prejudices, popular conceptions, etc. (2) episteme: to analyze (dissect) and understand. Scientific knowledge, simply put, “knowledge.” The Latin word for this is scientia, or in English, “science.” (3) sophia: “wisdom,” as opposed to “knowledge,” refers to comprehensive knowledge. The Latin word is sapientia, which is the sapiens we see in “homo sapiens.” (4) nous: intuition. This refers to those ephemeral, mysterious things we cannot explain in words. If we explain “Enryō philosophy” from the perspective of this an-cient Greek worldview it is as follows. First, is to remove the preju-dices and assumptions of the early Meiji period, i.e. the doxa, and know the actual truth. Then, is to thoroughly analyze this truth—to Enryō’s Philosophy What we commonly refer to as “opinions.”
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