试析柏拉图眼中的变易与必然

Plato’s Viewpoint on Becoming and Necessity

在《蒂迈欧》中,柏拉图的创世论叙述从永恒下降到变易,为我们提供了有关载体、空间、运动和必然的独特理解。从载体的偶然不定因影响和几何结构出发,柏拉图为我们展示了四元素的微观存在和宏观物显,进而对可感事物的形体构成、感官性质和可感原因做出了解释。研究柏拉图的变易思想,不仅对我们重估前苏格拉底自然哲学的独特创造性,理解柏拉图创世理论的整个思想图谱意义非常,而且对认清现代自然科学和宇宙论的哲学前提具有重要的对照意义。

In Timaeus,Plato’s description from eternity to becoming provides us with a unique understanding on receptacle,space,motion and necessity.According to the analyses of accidental influence and geometric structure of the receive,Plato described the microscopic existence and macroscopic formation of the four elements,and explained composition,nature and sensible reason of sensible things.The study on Plato’s thought of becoming is of great significance for us not only to reevaluate the unique creativity of pre-socratic natural philosophy and to understand Plato’s creationism,but also to understand the philosophical foundation of modern natural science and cosmology.