“大自然的智慧”——解读康德《实用人类学》

康德在《实用人类学》中提出一个核心概念:大自然的智慧。他通过这个核心概念深刻揭示人的本质特性,系统地回答了“人是什么”这个总问题。这个概念包含丰富的辩证思想,它是对康德历史哲学中的“大自然的计划”思想的进一步阐发,是黑格尔“理性的狡计”的直接思想来源,是德国古典哲学中最有价值的思想之一。当然,它也存在着历史局限性。

"The Wisdom of Nature":An Interpretation of Kant's The Practical Anthropology

In the Practical Anthropology, Kant puts forward a central concept: the wisdom of nature. With this concept Kant reveals profoundly the human nature and systematically answers the general question of “What is a human being”. Containing rich dialectical thinking, the concept further explains the idea of “The Plan of Nature” in Kant’s historical philosophy and serves as the direct source of Hegel’s “The Scheme of Reason”. Therefore the concept is one of the most valuable ideas in classical German Philosophy. However, there also exist in the concept some historical limitations.