由朱德生主编、由赵敦华主笔的《西方哲学通史》(第一卷)第二版在坊间的书架上快要售缺了吧。作为该书的受益者,笔者还记得当初该书初版时洛阳纸贵的情形。该书获得众口一致的赞誉不是偶然的。北大哲学系一以贯之的严谨、求真、务实的治学态度素为人景仰是该书成功的一个先天因素,而更让读者趋之若鹜的是其内容的新颖、清晰与客观。最值得重视的是该书在撰写中所秉守的客观态度。正如朱德生在总序中所言,长期以来我国哲学界以一把尺子度量所有的哲学思想,以马克思主义作为绝对真理的总和,已经使得我们在西方哲学史的研究上陷入僵化的教条,而新编的此套通史“倾向于用素描的方法来叙述西方哲学史,……通过实事求是的叙述和分析,来显示西方哲学思想发展的内在逻辑,……减少把自己的观点外在地强加于历史的错误。”从该书的第一卷来看,这条原则是体现明晰的。《西方哲学通史》(第一卷)在叙述体例上也给人以耳目一新之感,主要体现在对历史上著名的哲学命题、重要的范畴、枢纽性的概念进行了细致的分析、详尽的梳理与合乎逻辑的诠解。这种著述体例既是现代哲学发展的客观要求,也同时体现了作者赵敦华先生的治学倾向。这倒是不奇怪的,作者在留学 The second edition edited by Chu Desheng, authored by Zhao Dunhua and published in the General History of Western Philosophy (Volume I) is missing for sale in the shelves. As the beneficiary of the book, I still remember the case when the book was first published in Luoyang expensive paper. It is no accident that the book received unanimous praise. Peking University Department of Philosophy, a consistent rigorous, truth-seeking, pragmatic attitude of scholarship is admirable for the success of the book is a natural factor, but more for the reader to rush is the content of the new, clear and objective. The most noteworthy is the objective attitude of the book in writing. As Chu Teh-sheng said in his general preface, for a long time our philosophical circles have measured all philosophical ideas with one ruler and Marxism as the sum total of absolute truth has already caused us to fall into rigid dogma in the study of the history of western philosophy The new editorial “tends to describe the history of Western philosophy in terms of sketches, ... to show the inherent logic of the development of Western philosophical thought through factual narration and analysis ... to reduce the imposition of an external point of view In the history of the error. ”" From the first volume of the book, this principle is clear. The General History of Western Philosophy (Volume I) also gives a fresh and refreshing feeling in narrative style, which is mainly reflected in the detailed analysis of the famous philosophical propositions, important categories and pivotal concepts in history, And logical interpretation. This style of writing is not only the objective requirement of the development of modern philosophy, but also reflects the author’s academic tendency of Zhao Dunhua. This is not surprising, the author is studying abroad