哲学的人文精神功能

Philosophy s Functions to Humanistic Spirit

人文精神是指为人类普遍价值观念的弘扬或实现而不屈不懈地奋斗的精神。它由人权、民主、自由、平等诸理念和正义原则、仁爱精神、和平意识、大同理想等要素构成。较之其他人文社会学科 ,哲学更有益于人文精神之培养 ,因为哲学对人文精神的各个要素的深入的或系统的研究可以为此奠定坚实的认识基础 ,哲学对各种违背人文精神规定的制度和行为的敏锐觉察可以为此预备可靠的理论保证 ,而哲学对一切与人文精神要求背道而驰的制度和行为的勇敢揭批可以为此提供极富感召力的示例范型。哲学助益人文精神之培养的过程可分为三个阶段 :帮助人们充分地了解人文精神 ,促使人们真诚地信仰人文精神 ,激发人们能动地践行人文精神。哲学为人们的人文精神之培养树立了大量光辉榜样。往古来今的许多哲学家在人文精神方面做出了可歌可咏、可史可书的贡献 ,他们中有民主精英、自由斗士。

Humanistic spirit, an unyielding and untiring spirit of strife for the widespread and realization of the universal human values, consists in the ideas of human rights, of democracy, of liberty, and of equality, and the principle of justice, the disposition of benevolence, thesense of peace, the ideal of universal union etc. Philosophy is much more helpful than other humanities and social sciences in cultivating the humanistic spirit, for which its profound or systematic inquiries into all elements of humanistic spirit set down a hardy cognitive ground, for which its penetrating detection of any system and action violating the imperatives of humanistic spirit prepares a reliable theoretic assurance, and for which its valorous accusations of all kinds of systems and actions running in the opposite direction to the appointment of humanistic spirit supply many examples full of attraction and inspiration. The process in which philosophy promotes the cultivation of humanistic spirit let itself be divided into three acts: helping people in understanding fully the humanistic spirit, making them to believe cordially in it, and inspiring them to perform it actively. Philosophy sets up a great deal of shiny models for the cultivation of humanistic spirit. A lot of philosophers heretofore made their admirable and unforgettable contribution to the widespread and realization of humanistic spirit, among whom stand out elite for democracy, fighters for liberty, judges of justice and saints of benevolence.