人生美学的自然之思

Life Aesthetics in the Perspective of Nature

人生美学一直是中国现代美学所关注的话题。当代人生美学的研究已经从人生美学的基本理论、审美形态向学科层面推进。在已有的研究中,似乎较少关注自然与人生美学的关系。本文提出人生美学的自然之思,其基本观点是,人生即是"向死之生"的自然过程,人生美学的研究似乎应该首先关注人在这个自然过程中的审美需要。从自然出发来审视人生与自然的审美关系是人生美学研究的主要内容。或者说,人生美学的自然之思的中心问题是建造起审美的自然人生,在顺应天地万物运行规律和社会法则的过程中最大限度地追求人生的自由和超越,以满足人生的审美需要。

Life aesthetics has been a focus of Chinese modern aesthetics. The research of contempo rary life aesthetics has experienced a shift from its basic theory and aesthetic forms to its disciplinary construction. It seems that the previous studies of life aesthetics have shown relatively little interest in the relationship between nature and life aesthetics which is the focus of this study. This paper holds that human life is a natural process of ＂life marching towards death＂ and the research of life aesthetics should first take into consideration the aesthetic need of mankind in this natural process. Thus, the study of the relationship between nature and human life is the focus of the research of life aesthetics. In other words, it is in the process of following the natural law and social regulations that man pur sues freedom and transcendence in order to satisfy his aesthetic needs in life.