奥古斯丁的光照论及其启示与直观思想

Augustine's Illumination Theory,Its Revelation and Intuitive Thought

作为基督教的理论奠基人,奥古斯丁面临着两个理论问题,一是不显现的终极存在的神本体如何显现,二是有限的人的思维如何显现和理解终极无限者,对此,他提出神性非肉眼所见,并用光照论的思想予以回应。奥古斯丁的光照论是基于基督教信仰之下的一种独特的知识论,是柏拉图的理念论和新柏拉图主义的流溢说在认识领域的逻辑延伸,其主要目的是论证人的知识的可靠性和确定性,并由此获得对直观思想更深入的理解。

As a theory founder of Christianity, Augustine faced two problems, one is how God himself as unmanifest ulti- mate existence manifest, the second is how limited people think and understand the ultimate infinite one. To this issue, he put forward that the divinity cannot be seen by the naked eye and responded to it with illumination theory. Augustine＇s il- lumination theory is a unique epistemology based on Christian faith and is also logical extension of Plato＇s idealism and the theory of effusion of Neoplatonism in the field of knowledge. Its main purpose is to prove the reliability and certainty of human knowledge, and gain understanding of intuitive thought more deeply.