理性与信仰有高低之分吗?——从托马斯与洛克的看法说起

理性与信仰孰高孰低是古往今来的哲学经常论及的问题.尽管不同的哲学对这一问题的看法往往大相径庭,但在谈论这一问题时,均未对问题本身提出过质疑.我们可以把托马斯所讲的信仰理解为作为人的认识的神的认识,而由于神的认识高于人的认识,所以人的信仰高于人的理性.洛克则认为,信仰是有根据的意见,因而从属于理性.实际上.在现实的认识中,既没有脱离信仰的纯粹的理性,也没有脱离理性的纯粹的信仰,因而很难分出理性与信仰的高低.

Do Reason and Belief Have High and Low Division?——-To Begin the Discussion from the Viewpointsof Thomas Aquinas and John Locke

Which one is high or low,reason or belief,remains controversial in philosophy.Although opinions about this are different,none is suspicious of it.We may regard Thomas' belief as God's cognition as human cognition.God's cognition is above human's,so human belief is above reason.Locke thinks that belief is on the basis of evidence,so it belongs to reason.In practice,reason and belief are closely connected,so it is difficult to tell which one is high or low.