理性与信仰之间：西方文化的源流与生命力

Between Reason and Faith:Origin and Vitality of Western Culture

西方近现代文化是一个包含理想主义哲学、科学传统与犹太-基督宗教传统的整体,其主要来源是古代的希腊哲学和希伯来宗教。这两个部分在现代西方文化中既有对立和冲突的一面,又有共存互补的一面。二者之间共存在较大程度上满足了西方世界的物质、道德以及精神需要,同时也是西方文化仍然具有生命力的根源所在。本文特别提出:人类多维需要之被满足的广度、强度和平衡度是衡量一种文化是否有生命力的标准。

Western modern and contemporary culture is a entirety including idealism philosophy,science tradition and the Jewish-Christian religious tradition,and its main sources are the ancient Greek philosophy and Hebrew religion.On the one hand,these two parts are contradictory and conflicting in the modern western culture,and they are coexisting and complementary on the other hand.The coexistence between the two was largely met the material,moral,and spiritual needs of the western world,which is also the root of the continuous vitality of western culture.This article specifically pointed out:the breadth,strength and balance of the multi-dimensional human need to be satisfied is a standard to measure whether a culture has vitality or not.