神圣与世俗二重变奏中的西方哲学

Western Philosophy against the Variation of the Sacred and the Secular

“神圣”与“世俗”的关系是解读西方哲学的一个维度。神圣性对应着“一”、“不变”、“无限”、“不朽”,世俗性对应着“多”、“变”、“有限”、“朽坏”。从人与物、人与人、人与自身三类关系的视角,整个西方哲学呈现出一个神圣性不断增强,又从神圣走向世俗,继而在世俗中逐渐迷失的发展轨迹。

The relation between the sacred and the secular is a dimension of interpreting the western philosophy. The sacred stands for the uniqueness, unchanging, infinite, and eternity, while the secular stands for variety, change, finite and decay. From the perspectives of the relations of man with the material, with other men and with himself, development of the western philosophy has been following a course of three stages, that is, starting with increasing degree of the sacred, moving on from the sacred to the secular, and then getting lost in the secular.