孔子和柏拉图财富思想之比较研究

A Comparative Study between Confucian and Plato's Ideas on Wealth

孔子和柏拉图是早期人类思想史中的重要人物。目前学术界对于二者经济思想的研究仍有许多空白和薄弱环节,财富观的研究即是其中之一。从经济思想的角度考察,孔子和柏拉图在财富问题的见解上,既有相近的一面,也有显明的相异之处。在“重义不轻利”的共同前提下,他们的财富分配观大相径庭。二者财富思想的这种异同,不仅展示了不同民族所面临的相同或相近的经济问题,在某种程度上也揭示了思想所产生的特定文化传统和时代精神。

Confucius and Plato are the great masters in the early history of thought. However, there at present are many vacancies and weak links of studying their economic thoughts in academic fields, for instance, their wealth views. From the perspective of economic thought, their viewpoints on wealth have similarities as well as differences. Under the precondition of “the advocate of credibility without neglection of benefit,” they have a gap in wealth distribution. This difference not only indicates the similar or same conditions in which their nation are confronting, but also reveals the specific cultural traditions and time spirits that can be pregnant with their great minds.