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Brief author info: Nagai Kafu (1879-1959) Japanese writerm novelist, editor, and critic; considered one of Japan's leading literary figures. As professor of French literature at Keio University, considered a leading expert on Western naturalistic realism; work influenced by French realists. As editor, published new writers, including Tanizaki Jun'ichiro; believed literature should examine life's realities; stressed observation skills and truthfulness in transmittal of emotions and experiences.
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Knowing this to be a worthless life to live, why do I keep living on? Because this life contains something called beauty7.
Empathy is not merely the basic principle of artistic creation. It is also the only path by which one can reach the truth about life and society.
Nature as it is-nature with nothing selected or discarded from it-cannot become a work of art.
I believe that man was created to enjoy himself, indeed, that he can claim it as his legitimate right. In fact, as long as he lives, man cannot help enjoying himself, even if he tries not... . Today the average person, when he hears the word pleasure, immediately thinks of something immoral. But nothing could be more wrong.
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