Life philosophy of Bin Kimura.

Bin Kimura, the most internationally renowned Japanese psychopathologist, developed a unique life-theoretical position in his later years. The concept of "" or "betweenness," which was in the social dimension in his earlier thought, came to be called "horizontal betweenness," and the "vertical betweenness" in the vital dimension came to be emphasized. In relation to his time theory, the "intra festum," which signifies the tendency to immerse oneself in the present, has come to be highlighted as a direct contact with life.