仁者爱人与爱人如己——杨廷筠论儒耶之“爱”

中国天主教徒扬廷筠通过辨析中国传统儒家"仁者爱人"观念和基督教"爱人如己"观念,指出基督教灵性之博爱与儒家伦常之爱的区别及后者的局限,并以基督教之爱,改造、补充中国传统儒家之仁爱。     

外刊学论

黄勇:“儒家仁爱与全球伦理———程氏兄弟如何回应基督责难”(Yong Huang,“Confucian Love and Global Ethics:How the Cheng Brothers Would Help Re-spond to Christian Criticisms”,Asian Philosophy,Vol.15,No.1,March2005)儒家仁爱与基督神爱具有两个重要区别。一方面,基督神爱认为在神与爱之间只有一条单向通道:一个完全超越的上帝发出绝对的爱的命令,而人类只需加以服从。因此,人们在施爱时,无需考虑所爱的对象的特殊性,而只要一视同仁地施爱即可。这样的爱必然会导致其与公正概念之间的冲突。儒家仁爱能有效地避免这样的…     

论点摘编

<正>爱,可使和谐变为现实中国社科院世界宗教研究所所长卓新平教授在《中国民族报》793期《中国基督教"爱的神学"及其社会关怀》一文中认为:"爱"在中国的贡献既是出自基督宗教的思想资源,也是对中国文化传统美德的有机结合。在此,基督宗教的"爱人"与儒     

从《苔蕾丝·德斯盖鲁》看莫里亚克作品中基督精神的隐喻

作为虔诚的基督教徒,莫里亚克用深刻的精神洞察力创作出富有生命力的人物形象,使之超越了国家和宗派的疆界。作者将其基督精神与西方传统文化中的爱、忏悔等观念融为一体,并以此来含蓄地书写其宗教理想。本文即以《苔蕾丝·德斯盖鲁》为代表来分析莫里亚克作品中基督精神是如何表现出来的。     

论儒家仁孝关系的内在逻辑

儒家对仁孝关系的理论设定,秉持仁孝一体的思考方式与逻辑路向,把仁爱建立在血亲之爱的基础之上,仁的本然之源内在于每个人的爱亲之心,从而寻找到了仁的先验理据。孝既是仁的原点,"施由亲始",由爱亲扩大至广大地域的人际关系,进而将仁爱之心扩大到爱一切事物,所谓"亲亲而仁民,仁民而爱物",儒家的仁爱思想于是具有了普遍意义。并以理一分殊与体用关系来进一步阐释了仁孝之间的内在关联。从仁孝关系来思考美丽中国构建,根据儒家能近取譬、推己及人的致思理路,孝与血亲之爱可以构建家庭和谐之美、由亲亲而仁民可以构建社会和谐之美,由仁民而爱物可以构建生态和谐之美。儒家仁孝关系的理论从先天赋予人的爱心出发,把家庭、社会与生态之美有机地融合起来,构成了人我一体与人物共生的伦理图景。     

正义、秩序和灵魂——莱布尼兹正义理论剖析

本文从本质形而上学、存在形而上学与道德形而上学三个层面对莱布尼兹正义理论进行剖析。就本质形而上学而言,作为本质、理念的正义是一种爱别人的习惯,是心灵钓天赋观念,每个人基于内在、自我圆满之缘由而追求正义;就存在形而上学而言,存在形态的正义体现为自然秩序之有机和谐、人及其共同体秩序之仁爱和谐、宇宙秩序之普遍和谐;就道德形而上学而言,考察正义的前提和根源必然要追溯形式、灵魂与精神之来源,承认形式、灵魂与精神之不死。     

书讯

正《儒家超越思想的起源》作者赵法生,中国社会科学出版社2019年4月出版,定价:109.00元。超越思想是儒家人生信仰的根本,港台新儒家有影响深远的"内在超越"说。本书从殷商巫术与宗教开始,重新探寻儒家超越精神的起源与流变,认为以孔孟为代表的先秦儒家并非内在超越,而是以"合内外之道"为特征的中道超越。先秦儒家的中道超越沿着上下与内     

天赋德性与人文化成——孟荀天人之学比较

天人之学是儒家的重要论域,而孟荀之说正好代表了其"究天人之际"的两种基本路向.孟子讲"仁,人心也",又讲此"心"为"天之所与我者",以心性点化仁学,打通天道与心性,证立了儒家道德境界的天人合一精神,表现了儒家内在超越的精神特质,这是从仁学进路发展了孔子天人之学中道德之天的思想,完善了其天人合德的道德理想精神.荀子讲"积...     

中国文化与人文精神

该文从另一个视角对中国文化进行了透视,着重阐明其人文主义精神及其现代意义。文中提出原型与变型。理性与非理性、内在与外在。消解与重建等问题并进行了多层分析。强调指出,中国文化承认人的内在潜力及其创造性,主张实现自我超越的心灵境界,这在现代社会是极有价值的精神资源。它重视人的价值与尊严,主张理性与非理性的统一,对于克服理性与非理性的二元对立有积极作用。该文还提出“人文主义宗教”的问题,认为中国文化既不是西方式的宗教文化,也不是西方近代意义上的人本主义,而是以人为中心而又追求终极意义和价值的文化形态,兼有人本主义与宗教精神。中国文化也有自我封闭和完美主义的局限,只有在开放的心态下,经过自我消解,才能重建。     

墨子“兼爱”学说的新透视

博爱,即广泛平等地爱一切人,它是人文精神的基本内涵与规定.本文拟以体现博爱精神的墨家“兼爱”说为立足点,以此同儒家的“仁爱”和基督教的“博爱”做一分析和比较,以揭示“兼爱”说与现代社会所需要的爱所存在的内在统一性.由此,作者认为对“兼爱”学说的合理批判、挖掘、超越与转化,可以作为塑造当代文人精神的传统生长点和极富原创性的诠释元点.     

Together – apart: in touch in a time of separation

This paper explores the experience of working as a Jungian analyst through the various phases of the global COVID-19 pandemic, examining the importance of the physical containing space alongside the analyst’s internal mind and how technology can both help and hinder understanding. A number of clinical vignettes illustrate the challenge of communicating over a distance, paying particular attention to the way countertransference phenomena can become re-attuned. Reference is made to mythology and symbols of hope, and consideration given to the meaning and purpose of the pandemic.     

The Possibility of Meaning in Human Evolution

Science undermines the certitude of non-naturalistic answers to the question of whether human life has meaning. I explore whether evolution can provide a naturalistic basis for existential meaning. Using the work of philosopher Daniel Dennett and scientist Ursula Goodenough, I argue that evolution is the locus of the possibility of meaning because it has produced intentionality, the matrix of consciousness. I conclude that the question of the meaning of human life is an existentialist one: existential meaning is a product of the individual and collective tasks human beings undertake.     

Phenotypic plasticity and archetype: a response to common objections to the biological theory of archetype and instinct

Since Jung’s death in 1961, scholars have attempted to integrate growing biological science data into Jungian concepts such as the collective unconscious, instincts and the archetypes. This enterprise has been challenging due to persistent false dichotomies of gene and environment occasionally arising. Recent works by Roesler (2022a, 2022b) for example, have raised objections to the biological theory of archetypes, but the objections are plagued by such dichotomies. The concept of phenotypic plasticity, however, helps to both avoid this problem as well as bridge the gap between competing theories into a more integrated model with solid biological foundations.     

When is it time to stop? When good enough becomes bad enough

This article draws on Winnicott’s concept of the good enough mother to discuss how to know whether a therapeutic situation is good enough to continue or bad enough to end. This dilemma is explored in terms of clinical syndromes, such as anorexia and pathological gambling, but focuses mainly on analyst-initiated endings, which are termed the ‘Casablanca dilemma’, based on an amplification of the ending of the film Casablanca. The author goes on to discuss such one-sided endings, drawing on interviews with 40 analysts and therapists about their clinical experience. A typology of bad enough endings is presented. The psychological differences between a good enough analysis as opposed to a bad enough one are explored through the ideas of Winnicott and Neumann.     

Kann Es Ein Argument Für Den Skeptizismus Geben? Das Epistemische Problem Der Irrtumsmöglichkeit

Summary  Is there any argument for scepticism? The epistemic problem of the possibility of error. Arguments for scepticism rest on the assumption that knowledge claims are fallible. For this reason the concept of knowledge appears to be questionable. Since it is necessary to distinguish doubts from possible doubts, the arguments for scepticism appear to be unconvincing. If we take it into account that we know something that is immune to doubt, we should draw the conclusion that, contrary to scepticism, knowledge claims have to be compatible with being fallible. Thus any knowledge claim is capable of being doubted.     

The transcendent function in Spitteler’s Prometheus and Epimetheus

In August 2020, John Beebe and Steve Myers met via Zoom to discuss their differing interpretations of psychological typology and the different sources within Jung’s writings that influenced their books: Integrity in Depth: Energies and Patterns in Psychological Type (Beebe), and Myers-Briggs Typology vs Jungian Individuation (Myers). The discussion centred on Spitteler’s epic poem Prometheus und Epimetheus, which forms the basis of chapter V of Psychological Types. This is both the largest chapter and one of two chapters that Jung highlighted in the Argentine foreword as containing the essence of the book. Jung’s book is primarily about the transformation of personality rather than the categorization of people. Although it contains a critical psychology that deconstructs the nature of consciousness, that is only one half of the book and a stepping-stone to the other half, which is the reconciliation of opposites with particular emphasis on the relation of consciousness and the unconscious. Jung assumed that readers were already familiar with Prometheus und Epimetheus, an understanding of which sheds light on the nature of the transformation that Jung described – the development of a new attitude towards attitude itself.     

Chapter 6: Biblical Foundations for a Practical Theology of Aging

SUMMARY

This article reviews Biblical sources pertaining to the elderly, particularly the frail elderly. Founded on these sources, implications for elderly with Alzheimer's Disease and other forms of dementia are addressed through a personal perspective informed by writings of Christian mystics.     

Seeing in the Dark: A View into Dissociation and Healing

In this paper, I will explore the role of art-making, the experience of trauma and dissociation, and the process of working with self-states from an analytic and creative frame. Relevant literature on dissociation, trauma, and the use of art will be discussed. A case involving my work with an adolescent girl who had experienced sexual abuse from a family member will be shared, with an emphasis on the meaningful role images played during the therapeutic process. Both Jungian and psychoanalytic models of conceptualizing and working with dissociation are included, following Donald Kalsched’s (2013) recommendation for a “binocular stance” to treatment, including both a focus on the inner, intrapsychic world and the interpersonal, relational realm, and how art images both illuminated and expressed these realms. Within the therapeutic process, art images allowed the therapist a view into the client’s unconscious process, and created a meeting ground for dissociative barriers to be gradually seen, felt and known, by both therapist and client. The experience of dissociation, in images and in session, provided a reference point for myself and my client, Taylor, to develop a shared understanding and a framework for growth.