“轴心期”传统文化的东西方比照——浅析孟子与柏拉图的“善”论

The Contrast of Western and Eastern Traditional Culture in "Axial Period"——Analyses Mencius and Plato's Theory of "Goodness"

被雅斯贝斯称为人类文明"轴心期"的时代,曾有两位传统文化的代表——战国时期的孟子和希腊时期的柏拉图。他们都站在各自历史的角度对"善"的问题进行了论述,其中闪耀的智慧之光不仅代表着人类叩问人性的里程碑,而且在当时的社会以及后世都产生了重要意义。

In the era which Karl Jaspers called ＂Axial Period＂, there were two representatives of traditional culture, they were Mencius during the period of Warring States and Plato in Greece. Both of them had discussed the issue of ＂good＂, which not only represent the milestone of inquiry on human nature, but also have played an important role in human society.