the Value of Philosophy
伯特兰·罗素(Bertrand Russell1872-1970), 英国哲学家和数学家,他在教育学、社会学和文学等领域也都很有建树。罗素于1950年获得诺贝尔文学奖。主要作品有《西方哲学史》、《哲学问题》、《物的分析》等。1921年罗素曾应梁启超邀请来中国讲学并出版《中国问题》一书。他在书中称赞:“中国是我见过的最伟大的国家。人口众多,文化强盛。。。”
课文<<哲学的价值>>节选自罗素《哲学问题》第15章。罗素深刻阐述了哲学的目标,哲学和其他学科的区别以及哲学的价值等问题。
it cannot be maintained that philosophy has had any very great measure of success in its attempts to provide definite answers to its questions. If you ask a mathematician, a mineralogist, a historian, or any other man of learning, what definite body of truths has been ascertained by his science, his answer will last as long as you are willing to listen. But if you put the same question to a philosopher, he will, if he is candid, have to confess that his study has not achieved positive results such as have been achieved by other sciences.
罗素认为哲学的目标是追求完整体系的科学知识。它和其他学科的区别在于,其他学科比如数学,矿物学和历史学,它们对所研究的内容可以提供明确肯定的答案,而哲学却做不到。
Has the universe any unity of plan or purpose, or is it a fortuitous concourse of atoms? Is consciousness a permanentpart of the universe, giving hope of indefinite growth in wisdom, or is it a transitory accident on a small planet on which life must ultimately become impossible? Are good and evil of importance to the universe or only to man? ……
这段话看起来很深奥,简言之就是提出了哲学的三个最基本问题,我们从哪里来?将向何处去? 以及善恶伦理问题。这些和我们精神生活密切相关的问题,我们可能穷其一生也找不到答案。然而,不论找到答案的希望是多么渺茫,哲学的责任就是要追寻这些问题,因为它可以使我们对宇宙和未知世界始终保持浓厚的兴趣和探索精神。
最后罗素总结道:哲学的价值在于它的不确定性;在于客观公正的哲学思考或冥想。因为哲学思考可以增长见识,丰富想象力,使我们的思想进入自由王国。通过对客观世界的思考,我们的心灵也会和至高至善的宇宙融为一体。
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