) ▁would ▁have ▁a ▁much ▁greater ▁influence ▁in ▁the ▁West ▁than ▁they ▁have ▁had . ▁However , ▁Sch open h auer ▁was ▁working ▁with ▁heavily ▁fla wed ▁early ▁transl ations ▁( and ▁sometimes ▁second - deg ree ▁transl ations ), ▁and ▁many ▁feel ▁that ▁he ▁may ▁not ▁necessarily ▁have ▁accur ately ▁grasp ed ▁the ▁Eastern ▁philosoph ies ▁which ▁interested ▁him . ▁ ▁Rec ent ▁attempts ▁to ▁incorpor ate ▁Western ▁philosophy ▁into ▁Eastern ▁thought ▁include ▁the ▁Ky oto ▁School ▁of ▁philosoph ers , ▁who ▁combined ▁the ▁phenomen ology ▁of ▁Hus ser l ▁with ▁the ▁ins ights ▁of ▁Z en ▁Buddh ism . ▁W ats u ji ▁T ets ur ô , ▁a ▁ 2 0 th - century ▁Japanese ▁phil os opher ▁attempted ▁to ▁combine ▁the ▁works ▁of ▁S ø ren ▁K ier k ega ard , ▁N iet z sche , ▁and ▁He ide g ger ▁with ▁Eastern ▁philosoph ies . ▁Some ▁have ▁claimed ▁that ▁there ▁is ▁also ▁a ▁definite ▁eastern ▁element ▁within ▁He ide g ger ' s ▁philosophy . ▁For ▁the ▁most ▁part ▁this ▁is ▁not ▁made ▁explicit ▁within ▁He ide g ger ' s ▁philosophy , ▁apart ▁from ▁in ▁the ▁dialog ue ▁between ▁a ▁Japanese ▁and ▁inqu ir er . ▁He ide g ger ▁did ▁spend ▁time ▁attempting ▁to ▁translate ▁the ▁T ao ▁Te ▁Ch ing ▁into ▁German , ▁working ▁with ▁his ▁Chinese ▁student ▁Paul ▁H sa io . ▁It ▁has ▁also ▁been ▁claimed ▁that ▁much ▁of ▁He ide g ger ' s ▁later ▁philosophy , ▁particularly ▁the ▁sacred ness