“爱智慧”与“爱生活”的认知关联——从“哲学”的词源说起

Cognitive Comparison of"loving wisdom"and"loving life" —Fromtheetymologyof"philosophy"

"哲学"一词的词源为希腊文philosophia,意即"爱智慧"。汉语"哲学"同样也有爱智慧的意思。中西方古典哲学的精髓都是理性主义,从中西方古代哲人对女性的态度就可看出"爱智慧"的哲学有点远离生活。其实",爱"本身就是一种情感活动,从英文Philosophy的词义就能发现哲学与生活有颇为密切的关系。所以,哲学应该要回归生活世界,哲学与生活世界相关联应该成为当代哲学家的共识。

The etymology of philosophy is the Greek word ＂philosophia＂,which means ＂loving wisdom＂. ＂Philosophy＂ in Chinese also indicates loving wisdom. The essence of Chinese and Western classical philosophy is rationalism The philosophy of ＂loving wisdom＂ is a little bit away from life according to the attitude of Chinese and Western ancient philosophers to the female. In fact, ＂love＂ itself is a kind of emotional activities. It can be found that from the English word ＂philosophy＂ there is a close relationships between philosophy and life.Therefore,philosophy should return to the life,and it should become a consensus of our contemporary philosophers that philosophy is closely related to life.