亚里士多德对“政治”的阐释及其启示

Aristotle’s Conception of Politics and Its Enlightenment

政治,是一种共同体生活的实践智慧,这是亚里士多德对"政治"概念的诠释。这种对政治的理解,渗透着亚里士多德对古希腊公共生活的历史经验和深刻反思。亚里士多德向我们表明,政治就是自由公民彼此之间通过理性的言说在城邦之内追求充满德性的幸福生活。这种政治概念,能丰富我们的政治想象力,提高我们的政治自觉性和政治参与度,使我们对共同体生活形成更充分而深刻的认识。

Politics is the phronesis of Community Life. This is the interpretation of Aristotle’s political conception. And this interpretation infi ltrates the historical experience and deep inflection to Ancient Greek’s public life of Aristotle. Aristotle told us that politics was the pursuit of happy life full of virtues, and this came true through the rational talk among the citizens in a polis. This interpretation could enrich our political imagination, raise our political self-conscience and improve our political participation, and engender fuller and deeper thought of community life.