The Formation Of The Primary Structure Of The Greek Philosophy

As an idea in the embryonic or initial stage, Greek Philosophy includes internally basic principles of understanding the whole Western Culture. Most of the future development of Westen Philosophy can be traced back to Greek Philosophy or as its foundation of interpretation. Therefore, as the long-term focus of theoretical research, Greek Philosophy attracts people's close attention. Meanwhile, since the development of Greek Philosophy presents a structuralized tendency and structural characteristics, the study of Greek Philosophy from the angles of structure or system constitutes a major dimension for theoretical researches. For instance, S·A·Beck studied the organism and structure of the Pre-Socrates Greek Philosophy; while Wilhelm Windelband put the emphasis of his research on the problem of the early phase of Greek Philosophy-Conceptional structure. Still other scholars attempt to study the natural or instinct structure of Greek Philosophy. Based on these, this article trys to carry out the research work of carding and clarification, so as to attain a breakthrough in some respects within the power of the author. To state and express the structuralized characteristics or the process of structuralization of the early phase of Greek Philosophy, and to comprehend its primary origin and its future development constitute the main purpose and task of this article. In the meantime, appreciating the philosophical temperament, and experiencing the pursuit of the true, the good and the beautiful of the Greek Culture compose the internal force as well as the passion for the study of the Greek Philosophy within the hearts of researchers. This article holds that the development of the early phase of Greek Philosophy presents a distinct tendency to be structuralized. That is to say, there is an increase in the composing elements of structure as well as the formation of the mode of structure. Its main manifestations are as thefollowing: Firstly, the establishment and replacement of its focus: nature―man―consciousness (or:object―subject―the combination of subject and object), the structuralization of philosophical themes. Secondly, the movement of the abstract pattern:perceptual concept―pure category―category system, the structuralization of philosophical concepts and theories. Lastly, the reduplication of the mode of thinking: the mode of "fantasized" mythology―perceptual direct observations―rational speculation, the structuralization of the cognitive mode of philosophy. The distinguishing features of this article lie in: first, dividing the primary structure of the Greek Philosophy into three sections: the structure of problems, the conceptional structure (or system) and the structure of thinking in addition to a philosophical reflection upon the making of the three structures; second, inspecting the three aspects by means of dialectical principles and mode of thinking (for example the historical approach, the combination of time and space, from the abstract to specific and so on) in order to reveal the relationship between problem-concept-mode of thinking and their respetive internal structural relations.This article can be divided into three sections:The first section: transition of the problem. This part states that as the objects of comprehending for the Greek people, nature,man and consciousness which are interrelated to one another constitute the structure of problem or a problem system. Within this system, one can see the formation of a cognitive framework about nature that is "one and many, change and nonchange", the advancement of the humanity theory and humanity mode of morality, as well as the establishment of the conscious structure.The second section:the movement of an abstract pattern. It tells the process of setting up a concept pyramid of Greek Philosophy. That is :purifying the perceptualconcept, advancing the pure category, forming a category system. This process demonstrates that the beginning of the Greek philosophical thoughts, the development of philosophy, till t...