My Philosophical System

Written by Mitsuaki Koga

This page provides a supplementary overview of the overall structure and positioning of Mitsuaki Koga’s philosophical inquiries.

Each essay addresses an independent question, yet all are organically connected within a single system: the re-design of civilization with dignity at its center.

This supplement clarifies:

• The three-layer structure of thought (roots, trunk, branches)
• The positioning and role of each essay
• Definitions of core concepts (dignity, question, light, etc.)

The Three-Layer Structure of Thought

Roots: Recovery of personal dignity and inner salvation

• Restoring the sense of affirmation: “It is good that I am here.”
• Recursivity of questions: nurturing questions daily without rushing to answers
• Quiet contribution: protecting one’s inner light while gently kindling the light of others
• Cultivation of sincerity and sensitivity: the “beauty of conduct” in family and education

Trunk: Human-centered philosophy

• Philosophical premise: “Human beings are bearers of light.”
• Dignity-centered principle: placing human dignity above institutions
• Space of questions: creating open inquiry in education, management, and art
• Quality of relationships: social design through transformation of atmosphere rather than structural reform
• Ethical light: sincerity, silence, and empathy permeating the entire system

Branches: Expansion into social structures, institutions, and civilization

• Economics: profit as evidence that light has reached; economy as a vessel protecting dignity
• Politics: support as trust and delegation; politics centered on individuals with questions
• Family: a place to nurture dignity; atmosphere rather than institutions
• Education: cultivating questions and pride; supporting from outside institutional frameworks
• Art: forms of sincerity and questioning; shaping the sensibility layer of civilization
• Management: guardians of the light; management as cultivation of culture
• Civilization: design of a dignity-centered civilization; redefining civilization through atmosphere → aiming at a modern Renaissance

Positioning of Each Essay

• Civilization (branches): design of a dignity-centered civilization; redefining civilization through atmosphere
• Art (branches): forms of sincerity and questioning; shaping the sensibility layer of civilization
• Management (branches): guardians of the light; management as cultivation of culture
• Education (branches): cultivating questions and pride; supporting from outside institutional frameworks
• Family (branches): a place to nurture dignity; atmosphere rather than institutions
• Politics (branches): support as trust and delegation; politics centered on individuals with questions
• Economics (branches): profit as evidence that light has reached; economy as a vessel protecting dignity
• Human-centered philosophy (trunk): philosophical premise that “human beings are bearers of light”

Glossary of Core Concepts

• Dignity: an atmosphere where one’s existence is protected without reduction to roles or evaluations
• Institution: frameworks such as laws, rules, organizational structures, and customs that govern society
• Question: a light that restores human voices obscured within institutions
• Quiet contribution: not mere silence, but the act of supporting others without harming dignity while protecting one’s own light
• Quality of atmosphere: relational, perceptual, and silent layers beyond institutional measurement
• Light: the inner illumination of human beings—sincerity, mission, and sense of meaning
• Dignity-centered civilization: a civilizational design placing dignity and questions at the center, restructured through atmosphere
• Outside of institutions: spaces where dignity is preserved beyond roles and evaluations
• Space of questions: a place to hold and renew questions without rushing to answers
• Sensibility layer: ethical light such as sincerity, silence, and empathy at the deep layer of civilization
• Guardians of the light: those who quietly preserve their inner light to protect the dignity of others
• Modern Renaissance: the quiet re-design of civilization centered on dignity and questions, through transformation of atmosphere

Dialogue with the History of Thought

• Plato: order of the soul; resonance between inner harmony and social order
• Kant: reason and morality; universal ethics and the treatment of dignity
• Mitsuaki Koga: questions and dignity; a philosophy of light standing outside institutions

Conclusion: Philosophical Structure and Continuity

This system does not aim at reforming institutions or structures, but at re-designing civilization through transformation of atmosphere.

It begins quietly as a “Modern Renaissance,” placing dignity and questions at the center.

This page is intended to serve as a map of thought and a light that protects dignity and questions for its readers.