The Truth Of Transcendence

In modern time, science plays more and more important role in human life. So there is a trend of science-worship. And as a philosophic manifestation of scientism, positivism propose the opinion of rejecting metaphysics, the question that what philosophy is for in the scientism time makes many philosophers perplexed. With the western philosophy spreading in China, this question also puzzles Chinese philosophers. Fang Dongmei's characteristic philosophy of life comes into being in this background.Fang Dongmei is a specific representation of modern New- Confucianism. He believes that man is such a existence that he must pursue the meaning and value of life, man not only is busy in the world, but also long for transcendence, i.e. transcending the anvesenheit to abwesenteit, continually promoting his life to a noble and unsullied horizon. Fang Dongmei bases his metaphysics on universal human life and turns the substance metaphysics to transcendence metaphysics.Through the change of metaphysical horizon, Fang Dongmei explains his philosophy of life from two aspects, i.e. life ontology and life horizon. He trys to merge the meaning world with reality, also merge the reason with emotion, and he wants to rebuild the spiritual hometown of being, which is the most significant role of philosophy, by the life's continual moving and it's eternal activity. In this article, the author will expand Fang Dongmei's philosophy of life and figure out the significance and the weakness in his theory to absorb the beneficial factors to promote the study of human existential meaning and value...