Arne Naess'Ecosophy T And Its Inspiration To Ecological Civilization Construction Of China

Arne Naess is a famous Philosopher from Norwegian. Arne Naess'Ecosophy T constitituets the theoretical basis for deep eoclogy. His life long philosophical achievement is the culmination of Ecosophy T. It has an important impact on the development of ecological philosophy theories and practices. The deep ecology founded by Arne Naess have became to an important branch in ecological philosophy in the West.The paper first explains the sources of Ecosophy T theories, which includes Gandhi's non-violent movements, Taoism philosophy and the wisdom of Buddhism from eastern world, the notion of totality and equality of Spinoza, and the theories of modern ecology from western world. The second, the paper explains the main ideas of Ecosophy T, the methodology and the application of it. At last, it discusses the significance and the deficiencies of Ecosophy T in theory and practice, and the inspiration to ecological civilization construction of China.