The Metaphysics of the Confucian Temperament

Philosophy and Culture 30 (10):5-26 (2003)
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Confucianism temperament it is always closely watched. Confucianism in Confucius's temperament tend to have Zoran performance. Confucianism has always attached great importance to the real situation and contingency. With Buddhism, Taoism and traditional Western philosophy of relentless, non-love feelings and even anti-metaphysical than Confucianism is a philosophy called the philosophy of nature. If we say that metaphysics is the intellectual creation of the Western logic of the premise of the rule of law and spiritual foundation, then the metaphysical nature of man is the history of Chinese society, the development of fundamental soil and true origins. Unlike Western philosophy has always cited the situation into wisdom, wisdom is greater than the love of the spiritual tradition, Confucian philosophy has always been committed into the love of wisdom, reasonable blend. Post-modern philosophy seems to have noticed the attitude of the modern temperament lost the greatest danger is that metaphysics may evolve into a form of slavery people, people kill the terrorist philosophy, through a wide range of non-rational domain, greatly emphasized the person's emotional temperament, and then human philosophy can really make the reality of life for the world. Pass by the nature, religious nature of Confucianism and faith to achieve a double body construction, the ancient Chinese Confucianism on the absolute command of the spiritual life of people is understandable. The issue of temperament has always been a major concern of Confucianism. Then temperamental inclination of Confucianism was already excellently shown in Confucius. Confucianism has always valued factuality and expediency. Compared with the non-sentient and anti-sentient metaphysics of Buddhism, Daoism, and traditional western philosophy, Confucian philosophy can be called the philosophy of temperament. If the metaphysics of reason is the logical premise and spiritual basis on which the western rule-by-law society is built, the metaphysics of temperament is the soil and source of the Chinese rule-by-man historical happenings. Different from the western philosophy, which brings sentiment into reason and values ​​reason rather than sentiment, Confucian philosophy has always been committed to integrating reason into sentiment and assimilate the two of them. Post-modern philosophy seems to notice that the greatest danger of the modern metaphysics, which loses its disposition toward temperament, is the possibility of becoming a terror philosophy that be-slaves mankind and destroys human nature. Through an extensive exploration of the non-rational field, post-modern philosophy extremely highlights the sentimental temperament of men and, moreover, makes our philosophy confront the real living-world. Through the idea of ​​temperament, Confucianism realizes the double constructions of religiousness and beliefs, and therefore the absolute rule of the ancient Chinese's spiritual life by Confucianism is understandable

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