Philosophical study of life, death, and nature

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This is perhaps the world’s first book in which a philosopher himself illustrates his own philosophical investigation into hard problems on time, being, solipsism, and life, in the form of “Manga.”

This is not a book that illustrates the history of philosophy or great philosophers’ ideas such as Logicomix. Original drawings (230 pages) were prepared by me, and the final drawings were made by the professional cartoonist Nyancofu Terada.

You can see some original drawings by Masahiro Morioka here:
http://www.lifestudies.org/jp/manga/

Chapter 1 
"What isTime?"

Chapter 2 
"What is Existence?"

Chapter 3 
"What is ’I’?"

Chapter 4 
"What is Life?"

Appendix 
Introduction to Philosophy Books

Afterword

Book Reviews

Book reviews appeared in newspapers.

Publication Data

Kodansha, Kodansha-Shinsho series No.2216, Tokyo, July.18,2013, 280 pages, 842 yen, written in Japanese.

Japanese website for this book

You can buy this Japanese book at Amazon.uk and other Amazon bookstores:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/4062882167/

Translation into Other Languages

French translation

Introduction à la philosophie en manga: C’est quoi vivre? (2022)

*You can translate this book into your native language. Please contact the author.