回到真切(Direct)的个体体验——从奥古斯丁及安萨里的忏悔录说起

宗教思想发展史上,两位有杰出贡献的哲学家不约而同地提出了,将宗教的超越与神圣意义,与个人的切身(Personal)体验相关起来的问题。基督教神学家奥古斯丁以其著名的《忏悔录》,展现了他如何从真切的生活体验(experience)中,感悟人性、神性及人与神的关系等普遍性问题;而伊斯兰教哲学家安萨里则从其辉煌的学术经历中,深刻反思人类在超越与神圣面前,认识能力所必然具有的局限性。重新理解和比较他们思想的独特性,相信对于我们看待人类共同面对的问题,从独特的个体角度出发,也有取之不尽的宝贵资源。

In the developing history of the religious thoughts, there are two preeminent philosophers brought forward coincidently the problem that it should correlate the religious transcendental and holy significance and the individual personal experience. Christian theologian Augustine was famous for his Confessions. In this book he brought forth the universal problems that how he can be aroused the humanity, deity and the relationship between God and man from the personal living experience; Moreover, the Islamic philosopher Ans AL- GHAZALI reflected profoundly the inevitable e- pistemological limitation when human being exist before the transcendence and holiness in his splendid academic life. Re - understanding and comparing with their thinking uniqueness, the precious infinite resources will be discovered when we face the common problem of human being from the unique individual perspective.