17世纪《穷理学》对亚里士多德知识论的翻译与传播

The Translation and Dissemination of Aristotle's Epistemology by Through Inquiry into Physics in the 17th Century

17世纪南怀仁编纂的《穷理学》向国人系统介绍了亚里士多德的知识论,并展示了以演绎推理为"贯穿众学之具"的西学知识体系。但因中西知识观的差异、当时政治文化环境趋于保守以及南怀仁交友圈子狭窄等原因而未被接受与传播。该书散佚民间,遭受冷落,致使中国丧失了更新旧的知识论与相应的知识体系以及改造传统思维方法的机会。因此,揭示其文本内容与特征,并分析其遭受冷遇之原因对今天的中西文化交流仍有警示意义。

Through Inquiry into Physics compiled by Ferdinand Verbiest in the 17th century introduced Aristotle＇ s epistemology and demonstrated the western knowledge system which was based on deductive reasoning as a tool of learning. But it was not accepted and disseminated by Chinese scholar because of the differences between Chinese and Western knowledge, the conservative political and cultural environment at that time, and Verbiest＇ narrow circle of friends. The book was lost and neglected by the people, so that China lost the opportunity to accept fresh blood to update the old epistemology and the corresponding knowledge system. Therefore, it is still important for today＇ s cultural exchanges between China and the West to reveal the content and characteristics of its text and analyze the reasons for people＇ s indifference to it .