哲学家讨论社会政治问题时,其通过推理而达到的洞察力常常是惊人的。但是哲学家的严谨难免限制他的影响范围。如果说康德的文风和思维方式是相当典型的德国式的,那么同他这种风格正好相反的则应该是他同时代的典型的英语论文。的确,那种以原生的经验主义(empiricism)为血脉,以所谓的“常识”(common sense)或趣味(taste)为旨 When philosophers discuss socio-political issues, their insight through reasoning is often staggering. But the philosopher’s rigor inevitably limits his sphere of influence. If Kant’s style of writing and thinking are rather typical of German style, then the opposite of his style should be his contemporaries typical English essay. Indeed, the kind of blood that takes the native empiricism as the blood, the so-called “common sense” or the taste for the purpose