A Comparative Study between the Thinking Ego of Descrates and the Philosophy from the Charpter 〈Revealing〉 of Xunzi

• Main Authors: Jheng-Yuan Hou, 侯政元
• Other Authors: Shih-Cheng Jhen
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/57435250562912330926

碩士 === 南華大學 === 哲學與生命教育學系 === 102 === 　　In my paper I would like to make a comparative study between the thinking ego of Descartes and _the philosophy in 〈Revealing〉 of Xinzi in order to make the understanding of the both philosopher deeper. Descartes understood philosophy by a research from a deduction of a thinking subject with absolute certainty through the reason activity of light of nature. Descartes found that such ego as the spirit substance had the certainty like the concept of God by the method of universal doubt and the intuition from reason. According to such understanding we can find the truth of the other things, and therefore get the knowing of truth. The basical thought of 《Xunzi》 was Li(禮) and denied the value of 《Shijing》 and 《Shu》, but also saw the mind from knowing as very important, and this is a system different from the system of Confucius and Mencius who hold that mind was basical on Ren. The point supporting《Xinzi》 is the mind to revealing by knowing, but not by Ren. Descartes and Xinzi have a same beginning point, that is, former, knowing God and latter, knowing Ren. The diverse point between the both philosophers hold in my paper is that the understanding of God by Descartes belongs to the understanding of theology of Middle Ages, and the understanding by Xinzi belongs to the viewpoint of nature which is different from the understanding of Confucius and Mencius.