论柏拉图的idea之为“理念”而非“相”

On Chinese Translation of Plato's Idea

柏拉图的idea并非感性直观的对象,而是概念思维的对象,从而它绝非感性直观意义上的事物的单纯的"形相",一种感性存在,而是一种理性存在。它作为事物之自身,乃是事物的本质,作为思维存在,乃是与事物之本质相应的思维之概念,而它同时又是事物的理想存在,构成了事物的目的,这样,它在根本上是本体论、逻辑学和目的论三者的统一。能够准确地表达出这三层内涵又同时避免了对idea的基于一种单纯的感性直观的理解的译名只有"理念",而"相"的译名则不具有这样的优势。

So far there are many different Chinese translations of Plato's Idea, the translations are in contention with each other. This thesis makes a thorough analysis of Plato's concept of Idea by referring to many important Plato's dialogues, with studying some other concepts, such as nous, noesis, auto, etc. Then this thesis provides its arguments for one of these Chinese translations. The main aim is to promote the understanding of Plato's philosophy among Chinese scholars.