宗教、迷信和科学的早期发展管窥

A look at the early development of the relations among religion, superstition and science

人类文化的发展经历了从混沌和互渗走向分化和互动的历史进程。宗教和迷信乃是从早期巫术中分化和发展出来的两种不同的文化现象 ,它们尽管都以对超自然的神秘力量的崇拜为基本特征 ,但在崇拜的对象、方式、追求的目标等方面还是有着相当明显的差异 ;科学的萌芽和发展 ,奠基于人类的世俗生活和巫术文化所提供的经验知识的土壤中 ,巫术文化对科学的起源和最初发展起着双重性作用。在早期文化图景中 ,宗教与迷信、科学都存在一定的兼容关系 ,但这种兼容是与科学同宗教。

The development of human culture experienced the historical process from chaos and mutual infiltration to division and mutual action.Religion and superstition are two different cultural phenomena divided and developed from the ancient sorcery.Although they are characterized by the worship of supernatural mysterious powers,they have sharp differences in the objects of worship,the ways of worship ,and the goals of persuit.The bud and development of science are based on human conventional life and the experience and knowledge provided by the culture of sorcery,while the culture of sorcery plays a double part in the origin and initial development of science.In the early culture,religion has a compatible relation with superstition and science,and this relation is connected with the struggle between religion,superstition and science.