Logos And Human Life

Around the relationship between logos and human life, this article explores a basic problem on philosophy of existentialism.First this article analysies the philosophical connotation of logos and human life, and places the two in the development history of Western philosophy. It explores the course of the two from unity to separation, and discusses the theoretical and practical consequences which arises from the separation of logos and human life. Then, this article put the splitting between logos and human life under the vision of modernity and study their actual performance, that is, the plight of modernity. In the analysis of the triple plight of modernity, this article point out that the splitting between logos and human life is the essence of modernity plight. At the basis of the above study, this article focuses on the consciousnes ,criticism and resolution to the splitting between logos and human life in "orientation of existentialism" in modern and contemporary Western philosophy. "Orientation of existentialism" in contemporary Western philosophy realizes the big problem which caused by the splitting between logos and human life, so they attempt to harmonize and integrate the two, and make up for the consequences of the splitting. But because of their own theory limitation they can not finish the reality unify between logos and human life. Marx started from the practical activities of people on the basis of practice theory. Through the criticism on Hegel's "non-reality" he integrated logos and human life by practice of dialectic and restored the real life position of logos during the processing of integration of the two.This article is based on the above thinking. It contains four parts:Chapter One :The philosophy meaning of Logos and human life. Firstly Logos and life are analysed at conceptive level. Through analysing the multiple connotations of logos in the history of philosophy, this chapter points out the complexity of their understanding. This article puts forward three basic point of view in understanding logos, that is:relationship between logos and ontology, the perspective of both active and passive,relationship of logos and people. Then an analysis of the lives of people points out that people have a dual existence of life——person's natural life and the supernatural life. On this basis, the characteristics of existence of human life is revealed,that is, people's lives are rich in practice. It is an unity of multiple contradictory relations, an unity of in itself and for itself. It is the dialectical history of the development process. After concept analysing, this chapter further analyse the process from unity to splitting between logos and the lives of people.First of all, the process from unity to splitting is analysed ,then the underlying causes is excavated,and then the consequences that cause the splitting is analysed, that is the splitting leads to the loss of people's integrity lives in reality. In the framework of abstract logos, the richness,generation,history are lost.Chapter Two: Modern Plight: The performance of Logos and the lives of people's splitting. After analyzed the connotation of logos and the lives of people. Chapter Two places the both in the development of human society ,we will find the plight of modernity is the presence of the split. So this chapter first to describe the plight of modernity, pointing out that the plight of the subject metaphysics are the fundamental dilemma of modernity; the plight of the capital logic are the dominant modern predicament; the plight of instrumental rationality are the hidden plight of modernity. Then through the analysis of the triple plight of modern predicament, it reveals the inherent relevancy of the ways of thinking between modernity and metaphysical identity. It points out the metaphysical identical way of thinking is the support of modernity. It further points out that the split between logos and human life is the substance of the logic of modernity and its plight. Even though the logic of metaphysical identity is the inherent logic of modernity, but this relationship is shown at the key point that the split between logos and the lives of people leads to the repression, persecution and restraintrepression of abstract rational logos to human life, and this is precisely the essence of predicament of modernity. Chapter Three: The integration of logos and people's lives in "Orientation of existentialism". Through the state in chapter one and chapter two,the importance and urgency of the solution between the two has highlighted. Faced with this situation, the Western contemporary "Orientatiaon of existentialism" has been clearly aware of the importance of this issue they are facing and want to resolve this issue. Proceeding from this, this chapter is to start the analysis on the Western contemporary "Orientation of existentialism", first of all analyse its meaning, characteristics and a fundamental problem, and then reveals the self-conscious of "Orientation of existentialism" to the contradictions between logos and human life.They highly praised the strength of life in the wave of criticism of logos-centrism, they claim that we should from the angle of human life to explain the world, and inject the power of life into logos, thereby overcoming logos and people's lives apart. Even though their thought efforts achieves an integration between logos and human life to a certain extent. But because they can not overcome their own theoretical limitations. Large empty field is left for the existence of the conflicting between logos and the lives of people.Chapter IV: Practice Philosophy of Marx and the unity of logos and human life. On the basis of the analysis about the problem of logos and human life in the previous chapters, we want to point out that facing the same questions, Marx has provided us answers and inspiration to the problem of the splitting. In consideration of the special relationship between Marx and Hegel, we start from analysing Hegel to expand the understand to Marx. First section of this chapter, through analyze the premise, the beginning, the soul of Hegel'theory, pointed out that the relationship between logos and human life is the most significant problem which Hegel concerned. The split is the premise of his criticism. The integration is not only a starting point for his theory,but also the key point for his theoretical arguments and theoretical implementation. Although Hegel at the use of dialectics realized the integration of the two concept, but his own inherent "non-realistic" still did not really solve the real problem between the two. For this reason, Marx started the critique on Hegel's philosophy. So in section II we start the analysis on Marx's criticism on Hegel's philosophy of "non-reality". After pointing out the affection and limitation that Hegel's philosophy to Marxism, this section excavates Marx's criticism on Hegel's philosophy from Marx's "Manuscript", "The poverty of philosophy", "Holy Family" and other works. In section III,through the analysis about Marx's practice philosophy, it points out that Marx how to overcome this "non-reality" and provide a really practical way on solving the splitting between logos and human life.