On Cicero’s Critique of Reason  

作　　者：Cheng Zhimin Echo Y 

机构地区：[1]Research Center of Social Sciences,Hainan University [2]不详

出　　处：《Contemporary Social Sciences》2020年第3期88-98,共11页当代社会科学（英文）

基　　金：supported by the National Social Science Fund of China called “Translation and Research of Bacon’s Collected Works”(18BZX093);the Post-Funded Major Project by the Ministry of Education “Exegesis of the Apology of Socrates”(17JHQ0012);funded by the Scientific Research Foundation of Hainan University(kyqd[sk]18001)

摘　　要：In contemporary thinking, "reason" has become synonymous with "correctness" to the extent that it is even capable of prescribing laws to nature. Ancient philosophers, including Plato and Cicero, offered a holistic, profound, and clear understanding of its connotations. As a symbol that distinguishes humans from animals and the requisite means or tools for seeking the truth, reason is characterized by both divinity and nobility. It also maintains a degree of neutrality, with the right use of reason as the key to determining its nature. In essence, reason is a type of calculation that can be used to do either good or evil. Hence, it must be supplemented by divinity and virtue. As a cognitive faculty, to reason is to perceive one’s own limits and practice moderation, temperance, and prudence, thus maintaining a full grasp of the world and becoming a useful being.

关 键 词：REASON CICERO DIVINITY NEUTRALITY limits 

分 类 号：B502[哲学宗教—外国哲学]