One can see often in explanations of encyclopedia or lexicons of philosophy that Plato manifested primarily the absolute Idealism, whereas Aristotle verified antagonistically the relevance of realism. It is easy to pi...One can see often in explanations of encyclopedia or lexicons of philosophy that Plato manifested primarily the absolute Idealism, whereas Aristotle verified antagonistically the relevance of realism. It is easy to pick up several parts of their representative works and prove that this thesis is corresponded to the original of Plato and Aristotle. But, in reflections of philosophy, we should not ignore a cautious view, focused just on this starting point： If the above mentioned thesis is used like a slogan, ＂Plato for idealism, Aristotle for realism,＂ as it often is, in the meantime there arises a dogmatic position which fixes our mental and intellectual activity only within the frame, so that everyone begins to reflect on Plato or Aristotle from that starting point in a certain framework. A critical and self-critical view of philosophy may bring this position for a query.展开更多
There are some scholars who claim Chinese philosophy isn’t a genuine philosophy,and even if it is,they say,it is either too simple or too hard to understand.You will hear similar opinions not only in Europe but also ...There are some scholars who claim Chinese philosophy isn’t a genuine philosophy,and even if it is,they say,it is either too simple or too hard to understand.You will hear similar opinions not only in Europe but also in China.In this article,I don’t want to examine whether cases like these are only matters of opinion or fact.Instead,展开更多
文摘One can see often in explanations of encyclopedia or lexicons of philosophy that Plato manifested primarily the absolute Idealism, whereas Aristotle verified antagonistically the relevance of realism. It is easy to pick up several parts of their representative works and prove that this thesis is corresponded to the original of Plato and Aristotle. But, in reflections of philosophy, we should not ignore a cautious view, focused just on this starting point： If the above mentioned thesis is used like a slogan, ＂Plato for idealism, Aristotle for realism,＂ as it often is, in the meantime there arises a dogmatic position which fixes our mental and intellectual activity only within the frame, so that everyone begins to reflect on Plato or Aristotle from that starting point in a certain framework. A critical and self-critical view of philosophy may bring this position for a query.
文摘There are some scholars who claim Chinese philosophy isn’t a genuine philosophy,and even if it is,they say,it is either too simple or too hard to understand.You will hear similar opinions not only in Europe but also in China.In this article,I don’t want to examine whether cases like these are only matters of opinion or fact.Instead,
