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Автор книги: Hugo Wilkinson, Chauney Dunford (Editors) Как показывает эта книга, самые ранние сочинения, которые мы теперь признаем философскими, начали появляться в самых разных местах, но примерно в одно и то же время. В Китае, Индии и классической Греции примерно за 500 лет до нашей эры независимо друг от друга возникла литература, посвященная размышлениям, исследованиям и самопознанию. Конечно, задолго до этого существовали мысль и разум, а также литература, религии и кодексы поведения. Естественно, Конфуций, Будда и Платон ответили на этот призыв по-разному и с разными акцентами. Но как только это самосознание зародилось, долгий марш философских размышлений начался всерьез. Мужчины и женщины, о которых рассказано в этом сборнике, по-разному понимали мир, самих себя и самые мудрые способы ведения своей жизни. Они построили системы мышления, некоторые из которых оказались устойчивы, а некоторые не выдержали испытания временем. Однако все они были убеждены в важности поставленной задачи. Даже скептики, которые сомневались в самой возможности философского понимания, считали важным убедить людей прожить свою жизнь, осознавая пустоту, которую это оставляет. As this book illustrates, the earliestv writings we now recognize as philosophical works began to flourish in very different places, but around the same time. In China, India, and Classical Greece, about 500 years before the Common Era, there emerged—independently—literature concerned with reflection, inquiry, and self-understanding. There was thought and intelligence long before this, of course, and literature, religions, and codes of conduct. Naturally Confucius, the Buddha, and Plato answered that call in different ways and with different emphases. But once this self-consciousness had seeded itself, the long march of philosophical reflection began in earnest. The men and women illustrated in this volume have had very different understandings of the world, of ourselves, and of the wisest ways of conducting our lives. They have constructed systems of thought, some of which endure, and some of which have suffered at the hands of time, or in the light of new experience, or further reasoning. However, they all shared a conviction of the importance of the task. Even sceptics who doubted the very possibility of philosophical understanding, found it important to persuade people to live their lives aware of the void this leaves. To appreciate fully the different ways in which even a few of these thinkers have pursued the truth would be a long task. But just to browse through the gallery of their names and achievements is a reassurance and a revelation. We are not alone in the world, and we are not the first to have found in philosophy a kind of salvation. We can thank history for the great men and women who were curious enough to struggle with the problems thrown at us by the world and our place in it, who spent their lives trying to leave it better than they found it, and who left us words with which to voice thoughts that would otherwise never have risen to the light of day. | |||||
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