爱的智慧:“哲学”新论

Wisdom of Love: A New Interpretation of “Philosophy”

"哲学"(Φιλοσοφια;philosophy)一词的希腊文、英文由"爱"(φιλο;philo)与"智慧"(σοφια;sophia)两词缀合而成,因而哲学包含了爱与智慧的两极。然而在现实中,人们将智慧变成了哲学的中心,将爱附庸于智慧,从而不仅消融了爱,而且也使哲学深陷危机之中。实际上,在哲学发展史上,哲学中有关爱的探讨源远流长,尤其是在现代哲学中受到普遍关注,列维纳斯的爱欲现象学更是彻底扭转了爱与智慧在哲学中的地位,将爱当作哲学建构的中心。不过,如果仅仅将哲学看作爱智慧,那么就会导致哲学的唯我论,从而抹杀他者;如果仅仅将哲学看作爱,那么又会导致哲学的非理性化。为了避免哲学的这两种发展倾向,拯救哲学的危机,哲学应该成为"爱的智慧"。

The meaning of the word "philosophy" is derived from two Greek affixes:"φιλο"(love) and "σοφια"(wisdom), two pillars of philosophy. However,"wisdom" has long been put higher as the core of philosophy, than "love", an attachment. Such a practice has eaten away "love" on the one hand, and dragged philosophy into crisis on the other. In fact, in the history of philosophy, the discussion of love in philosophy bears a long history, especially in modern philosophy. Levinas’ phenomenology of Eros has completely reversed the position of love and wisdom in philosophy, taking love as the center of philosophy construction. However, if we only regard philosophy as "to love wisdom", it will lead to philosophy’s solipsism, thus erasing otherness;if we only regard philosophy as "love", it will result in philosophy’s irrationality. In order to avoid these two tendencies and save the crisis of philosophy, "philosophy" should be called "wisdom of love".