《易经》与儒家思想之渊源

诸子之学皆渊源于《易》。就儒家而言,其思想的基本特征是治国安民的社会实践。以此为参照,考诸《易经》,不难发现,儒家思想的许多内容,如和合精神、仁政思想、民本思想、内圣与外王相统一的思想等,皆可在《易经》中见其端绪。     

《易经》解秘

一、研究《易经》的视角作为五经之首的《易经》在中国哲学史乃至整个中国思想文化史上均有重大影响。《四库提要·易类小序》言："《易》道广大,无所不包,旁及天文、地理、乐律、兵法、韵学、算术,以逮方外之炉火,皆可援《易》以为说,而好异者又援以人《易》,故《易》说愈繁"。值得沉思的是：一部《易经》为何具有如此广阔的影响呢？即它为什么能兼及如此众多的领域呢？相比之下,与《易》同为儒门经典的《诗》、《书》等等为何就不能旁及如此多的东西呢？我以为,《易经》如此巨大、独特的影响在于它的卦图与卦爻辞的结合形式。且看…     

《易》的象、数、义、理一体同源论

一、“易”的发生之四个阶段一般讨论《易经》或《周易》历史发展是指《周易》形成后经先秦易、汉易、唐易、宋易及清易的历史发展。此项《易经》研究是发展《易经》所需要的,它可以作为一个时代文化文物的依据,也可以显示某一时代学者的思想内涵,对《易经》作为一个系统思想的了解自然有所彰明。事实上,此一易学历史的研究也可显示《易经》思想的辩证发展,但也突出了其限制性,更呈显《易经》系统中发生的问题。我在此处所指出的易的发展     

《易经》与《易算》

今天我们读《易》和规《易》的目的，在于学习《易经》的道理和研究《易经》的思维方式和方法，从中受到启迪，进而有所顿悟，然后，把所有发现的结果应用于各个领域中去．《易算》是我们研究和学习《易经》所悟出的一个新概念．它来自于《易经》的内容和研究（易经》的四大原则，即交易、简易、不易、交易．所谓“变易”，是指宇宙间万物，没有一样东西是不变的。在时空中的事物无时无刻都在发展变化和运动之中．“不易”，系指宇宙间万物旨变的条件下，还有唯一不变的东西存在，即能变出万象之物的东西不变，这就是万物皆变的事实水不变，…     

公孙龙子《名实论》新诠——以“物”概念为线索

《名实论》中,公孙龙以"物"和"实"为阐述其思想的初始概念,强调对"具体可感之物的实"的认知和推断必须满足"位其所位"的要求。这一"名实论"和庄子、荀子及墨家学派的皆有不同,具有非常独特的哲学意蕴。     

后期墨家

墨家是战国初期由墨子创立的一个学派。墨家在墨子死后即分为相里氏之墨、相夫氏之墨,邓陵氏之墨三派,这就是后期墨家。今存《墨子》一书中的《经上》、《经下》、《经说上》、《经说下》、《大取》、《小取》等六篇就属后期墨家的重要著作,人们统称之为《墨辩》或《墨经》,是我们研究后期墨家逻辑思想的基本资料。后期墨家在总结墨子和各家逻辑思想成果的基础上,终于创立了一个相当科学的完整的古典逻辑科学体系,被今人称为“墨辩逻辑学”或“墨经逻辑学”。     

清华简《命训》与墨家“命”论之比较研究

清华简《命训》篇论述了“大命有常,小命日成”和“司德司义”“赐之福”“降之祸”的天命观,此与墨家的天志、明鬼、非命等思想多有相似之处。这两者皆是对西周以来道德本位的天命思想的继承和发展。除了揭示道德与非命之间的关系外,清华简《命训》还强调“道天莫如无极”以树立天的权威,并通过“明王”来“道天正人”。在这一点上,墨家思想与其存在较大不同,这体现出两者对西周天命观念的不同发展路径。     

墨家"义"思想及其当代价值

义是墨家学说的伦理总则和精神实质,兼爱、非攻等道德原则是义这一上位概念下的具体原则.义在墨家思想体系中具有法天、兴利、举公的内在特征.法天明义思想和儒学的道统精神共同孕育了后世对恶政的批判和改造精神,以利达义思想首倡了群体导向的功利主义,举公正义思想是传统社会大同情怀的重要渊源.墨家义思想启示我们要建立惩罚机制,维护道德有效运行,倡导友爱互助,建立和谐人际关系,防止假公济私.促进社会公平正义.     

儒、道二家思想的地域特点和最初交融

黄河流域和长江流域所孕育的古代文化,分别是儒家和道家的思想源头。孔子吸收夏商周三代的传统文化,构造了以“仁”为核心的、既维护等级制度又强调原始民主和原始人道主义的思想体系。敬鬼神面远之和不研究宇宙的起源问题,是孔子哲学的一大缺点。道家起源于氏族制向奴隶制过渡缓慢的荆楚地带。这里的文化富于浪漫主义精神。在这样的文化氛围中,老子抛弃了神,构造了以道为最高范畴的哲学体系,其特点是重天道、尚自然、超脱、任达,主张无为而治。老子是《易经》萌发出来的哲学思想的继承者和发展者,而在《易经》中亦可寻觅出孔子用自然事物的性质和变化阐明哲理的思想方法、中庸思想和一些概念的端倪。《易经》中的太极、神、道、德、器、通、变、几、微凝聚着倡、道两家的智慧,它实现了两家思想的交融。     

《易经》《内经》阴阳说之比较

《易经》《内经》阴阳说之比较陈利国《易经》作为哲学典籍，其思想内容集中到一点，就是以阴阳两种属性的对立统一说明事物变化的原因和规律。《内经》作为中医学的经典著作。吸取了大量的哲学思想，建立起了以阴阳五行为论理工具，整体观念为主导思想，脏象经络为理论核...     

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.