从修辞学角度看亚里士多德政治哲学的理想与现实

On the Rhetorical Aspect of Aristotle's Political Philosophy

亚里士多德把修辞学看作是辩证法的对应部分,又把它与伦理政治科学联系在一起。正如在亚里士多德那里,辩证法是把握似真性意见并通达知识的方法路径一样,修辞学对于亚里士多德的政治哲学来说,是把握政治生活似真性意见并通达政治真理的方法路径;同时,由于政治生活的似真性意见的实践意味,亚里士多德的修辞学同样指向他政治哲学的经验主义:对现实政治生活的相对辩护,并寻求对之的实际改善。

Aristotle considered the art of rhetoric as the counterpart of dialectics, and an offshoot of ethical - political philosophy. For Aristotle ,dialectics. Is the method of grasping opinions which are likely true （endoxa）, and the way of leading to the knowledge ; rhetoric is the same thing for political philosophy. But at the same time, because of the practical meaning of political enodxa, Aristotle constructed his empiricism of political philosophy in the use of rhetoric as well： defending the politics in real world, and seeking their limited improvement.