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Daily Archives: September 16, 2012
所有宗教都是大同小異嗎? (柏拉圖 與 聖經)
By TC Lo (盧天賜); September 18, 2012 最近我在網上 (http://phiphicake.blogspot.com/2008/05/blog-post_4164.html) 讀到一篇関於柏拉圖的理型論的文章, 兹將它的首段錄在下面: “理型論(theory of forms, or theory of ideas)是柏拉圖(Plato)最出名的理論之一。它的基本主張是這樣的︰存在有理型(form,中文或譯為「形式」、「共相」,idea,中文譯為「觀念」、「理念」)這種東西。理型是世間萬物的性質最純粹完美的形式,也使得世間萬物具有它們所具有的那些性質的原因。世界上有很多馬,每一匹馬都不大一樣,有的鬃毛比較長,有的腿比較短,但是我們知道牠們都是馬,這是因為存在有一個馬的理型,牠是一隻最完美的馬,世界上的馬之所以會長成那個樣子(擁有作為一匹馬該有的那些性質)是因為牠們分有(或者摹仿)了馬的理型。世界上有很多東西是綠色的,實際上每個綠色的東西看起來可能都不太一樣,有些比較亮,有些比較暗,但是我們知道它們都是綠色的,這是因為存在有一個綠的理型,它是最綠最完美的綠色,世界上那些綠色的東西之所以會是綠色的都是因為它們分有了綠的理型。就像雕刻家臨摹馬的姿態雕刻出作品一樣,世界上的馬也都是理型馬的臨摹。所有的理型都存在於一個神所創造的純粹的世界(pure land),這個世界完全由理型組成,因而一切都是完美的。在呱呱墜地之前,人的靈魂就是居住在這個純粹的世界裡。” 哲學家, 宗教學家, 甚至基督徒都可能受到一種試探, 就是把柏拉圖的 “理型” 比作聖經中的上帝, 因為上帝在宇宙中是純粹的, 是完美的, 一切受造之物 (包括人) 都是那理型的摹仿. 這種思想很容易導致一種流行的說法: “所有宗教或哲學都是大同小異.” 粗略地看, 好似有些道理. 佛教勸人為善, 基督教也是如此, 猶太教也是如此, 摩門教和耶和華見證人會都是如此教導. 但筆者却不以為然, 筆者認為 … Continue reading
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