灵光烛照下的中西哲学比较研究——利玛窦《天主实义》、龙华民《灵魂道体说》、马勒伯朗士《对话》解析

从1595年至1708年,在西方学者中产生了3部中西哲学比较研究的代表作:利玛窦的《天主实义》、龙华民的《灵魂道体说》和马勒伯朗士的《一个基督教哲学家和一个中国哲学家的对话》。这3部著作,皆从基督教哲学的观点,畅论中西哲学之异同,阐明中西哲学在探索万物本体、推究善恶之原等基本思路上的一致性,揭示中西哲学思维方式的微妙差异。其中所蕴涵的对于人类哲学思维发生之必然性及关于中西哲学之共性和殊性的认识,对于我们正确看待当今某些西方学者对“中国哲学合法性”的质疑,坚定不移地推进中国哲学的研究,依然具有启迪意义。

A Comparative Study of Chinese Philosophy and Western Philosophy under Divine Light: On Matteo Ricci''''s The Truth of God, Nicolas Longobardl''''s On the Soul and the Tao and Malebranche''''s A Dialogue

From 1595 to 1708, there were three representative works about the comparative study of Chinese philosophy and Western philosophy: Matteo Ricci' s The Truth of God, Nicolas Longobardl 'sOnthe Soul and the Too and Malebranche' s A Dialogue Between a Christian Philosopher and a Chinese Philosopher. From the perspective of Christian philosophy, these three works discuss the similarities of and differences between Chinese philosophy and Western philosophy. They expound the consistency of basic thinking in exploring the principles of noumenon and ethics, revealing the delicate differences in their ways of thinking. The implied inevitability of human philosophical thinking and the cognition of similarities and differences of Chinese and Western philosophy , are of enlightening significance for us to look upon the western scholars' oppugnation of the legitimacy of Chinese philosophy and to push forward the studies of Chinese philosophy.