认识你自己:人是什么?

Know yourself: What is Human?

人是什么 ,这是人类思想史上的一个古老话题 ,中外哲学家们都从各自偏好的方面发现了人的本质力量的重要方面。马克思总结中外哲学家的思想 ,提出人的本质并不是单个人所固有的抽象物 ,应该到人的现实存在方式——社会实践中去找寻 ,实践才是人的一切本质力量的源泉和基础 ,人则是实践的主体 ,因而人是通过实践改造世界、改造自己的社会关系及其规范 ,同时改造自身的有理性。

The study of man itself is a topic that has taxed philosophical minds, both in China and in the West, for centuries, and various, even controversial, answers have been attempted. Basing himself on the heritage of the humanity, Karl Marx and followers maintain that the nature of man lies in his practical way of existence, namely, his social activities, rather than being an abstract set of ideas. Social practice, whose agent man is, is the fountain well of all knowledge and the rational purpose oriented means through which man develops and world and himself, as well as his social relations.