谢林论自然历史

Schelling on Natural History

“自然历史”在谢林研究中并没有得到重点关注。谢林对其的讨论面临双重困难:从“历史”概念来看,谢林对自然历史给出了看起来相互冲突的说法。从“自然”概念来看,谢林的自然历史是否成立也是可疑的。通过区分谢林自然历史的内在和外在这双重维度,不仅能够解决这两方面的困难,而且也能够展现“自然历史”与“自然”的两层含义之间的关联,体现出自然历史是谢林自然哲学研究中所不可缺少的方面。

"Natural history"does not receive much attention in Schelling's study.Schelling's discussions of it face double difficulties:from the point of view of the concept of history,Schelling gives seemingly conflicting accounts of natural history.The validity of Schelling's natural history is also questionable in the light of the concept of nature.By distinguishing the inner and outer dimensions of Schelling's natural history,it is possible not only to resolve these two difficulties,but also to show the connection between natural history and nature,reflecting the fact that natural history is an integral aspect of Schelling'snature philosophy.