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1、MichaelPolanyi1FaithandReasonTheJournalofReligion,41(4)October1961,237-247.RECENTLYtherefellintomyhandsbythekindnessofitsauthor-abookwhichhasrevealedtomeanew,andIthinkmuchbetter,understandingofthesituationwearefacingtodayinconsequenceofthemodernscientificrevolution.Thea
2、uthor’snameisJosefPieper,professorofphilosophicalanthropologyattheUniversityofMünster,andhisbookwhichsoimpressedmeisentitledScizolastik.(ItwillbepublishedinEnglishbythePhaedonBooksinNewYork.)Owingtothisbook,Icanseenowthattheconflictbetweenfaithandreasonevokedbynaturalsc
3、iencetodayisbutamodernvariantofaproblemwhichhasfilledthethoughtsofmeninotherformseversincethedawnofphilosophicspeculation2,500yearsago.YouwillnoticethatbydatingthebeginningofphilosophyinthesixthcenturyB.C.,IamlocalizingthiseventinGreece,andmoreparticularlyinIoniaandtheG
4、reekisles.Iknowthismaybechallengedandshallnotargueit.SufficeittosaythatinmyviewouranxietyabouttherelationbetweenfaithandreasonhereinEuropetodayisthelegacyofaparticularintellectualfamily.Modernsciencehasrecentlybeenspreadingthisdisturbanceallovertheplanet,butithasformedn
5、opartoftheheritageofChineseorHinduthought.IthasoriginatedwithushereinEurope,andfortwoandahalfmillenniaithasremainedthepreoccupationofthatpartofhumanitythathasculturallycenteredonEurope.Butevenwithintheselimits,theperspectiveInowseeappearingbeforemeiswidelysweeping.Iseee
6、xtendingbehindusthreeconsecutiveperiodsofrationalism,theGreek,themedieval,andthemodern.Greekrationalismrosefromabedofmythopoeticthought.MythsandritualcouchmostthoughtsofmenintermsofI-ThouandleavelittleofimportancetobesaidintermsofI-It.Greekrationalismtendedtoliberatethe
7、mindfromthispervasivelypersonalnetworkandto1MichaelPolanyiiscurrentlyintheUnitedStatesasDistinguishedVisitingFellowattheUniversityofVirginia.HeisprofessoremeritusoftheUniversityofManchester,England,wherehewasprofessorofphysicalchemistry(1933-48)andprofessorofsocialstudi
8、es(1948-58).Heholdsthefollowingdegrees:MA.(OxfordandManchester);M.D.,Ph.D.,D.Sc.(Hon.Princeton);D.Sc.(Hon.Leed
