Hiroki Kawano

When I was feeling down after failing in my business, I came across Seiji Takeda's book, "An Introduction to Philosophy for Understanding Yourself." As I read the preface, I felt as if it was written about me. My previous image of philosophy as something that required understanding difficult doctrines to gain benefits, but was hard to grasp without intense study, vanished. Instead, I was convinced that the philosophy that supports you in times of trouble is the true philosophy for you. You can learn and create your own philosophy for yourself. This realization made thinking for myself much easier. Since then, I have always paid close attention to Seiji Takeda's thoughts, which have given me the confidence to solve my problems through my own thinking.

Noriko Kondo

The philosophy of Seiji Takeda offers a way of thinking to address any concern or problem. From minor personal worries to relationships with friends and partners, from family and societal issues to global-scale problems, he teaches us 'methods of thought' to find a path forward.
I once lived a life burdened with many worries and a sinking heart, but my encounter with Seiji Takeda's philosophy has enabled to overcome them with my own reason. I learned how to organize and ponder over my problems to find satisfying resolutions.
By thinking through Takeda's phenomenological method, I could deeply understand myself and others, and even grasp this complex and chaotic world rationally. This broadened my perspective and empowered me to answer practical questions about how to live my life, day by day, on my own terms.

Masatomi Takahashi

Where is European philosophy today? Not in Europe. Not in America. It's in Japan. In the 1970s, Seiji Takeda "rediscovered" European philosophy through a book he picked up casually at a used bookstore in a corner of Tokyo. Philosophy, which began in ancient Greece, was exported to Arabia and then to Europe, and now it has been taken over in Japan. It was a project started by Seiji Takeda and company. I came across Seiji Takeda's book as a university student several years later than usual, and before I knew it, I had joined the project. Seiji Takeda has once again breathed life into European philosophy, and the words of philosophy have begun to move again as ours in this world. The world has not yet "discovered" Takeda's philosophy. Here is something truly new that will change the world.