笛卡尔的想象理论研究

我们面临着一个笛卡尔哲学的理论困难:一方面他在形而上学的沉思中对思维和广延做出区分;另一方面,又在现实当中坚持人的灵魂和身体的不可分。而恰恰是在这种困境当中,想象具有了不可替代的重要性。没有想象,思维就不能通向物体性事物,物体性事物就是不可衡量的,作为思维根本性才能的理智就不能完成一个对物体性事物的基本认识,我们的激情就难以产生,我们的意志就难以发挥作用。想象是思维转向物体性广延的重要中介。

We face a difficulty of Descartes＇ theory, on one hand, in the thinking of metaphysics Descartes distinguishes between the thinking and the extension, on the other hand, he insists on the unity of the soul and the body. Just in this difficulty, the imagination has its importance. Without the imagination, the thinking cannot treat with extensive things, without the imagination, it is difficult to cause and control passions. For Descartes, the imagination is a important intermediary between the thinking and the extension.