真实的虚拟与虚拟的真实——利科对宗教的解读

True virtuality and virtual truth——Paul Ricoeur's understanding of religion

宗教是人类文明的重要组成部分,但它在人们现代生活中的位置却愈益边缘化。利科对宗教的解读给人们提供了理解宗教的有益启示。利科认为宗教是一种象征性或隐喻性的语言,它的目的同样是认识世界和解释世界。在古代,宗教以它的特有形式映现着人们认识的发展,不断开拓着文明的领域,并对人们的实际生活发生了决定性的影响。利科还比较了宗教等非科学的真和科学的真,认为二者并没有实质上的区别。

Religion, as an inseparable part of civilization, played an important role in ancient times. But nowadays it is fading farther and farther away from the center of modern life. Ricoeur＇s understanding of religion offers a revelation of how to understand religion, which to him is a discourse in some symbolic and metaphorical terms, its aim being to understand and interpret the world. In ancient times, religion reflected the development of people＇s knowing in peculiar forms, constantly opening up the field of civilization and having a decisive influence on human life. Ricoeur compares non-scientific truth, such as religious truth, with scientific one, and points out that there is no essential difference between the two.