自由乃哲学之核心问题,在古希腊,自由还只是一种自由知识的自由,即以一种超功利、超实用的态度去对待、认知事物的自由。这种侧重于从摆脱-解放的角度去理解的自由有其局限,那就是这种自由停留于理论领域。把自由推进到实践领域,是哲学在犹太-基督教的一神教信仰的启示、推动下进行的。自由不仅具有摆脱-解放的维度,更有从无创有、从自身开显一切、决定一切的意义。追问自由,就是追问自身,回到自身。这是以康德、黑格尔为代表的古典哲学完成的一项伟大工作。从无创有、从自身开显一切的自由思想,已隐含着自由与时间、历史的内在关联。挖掘这种内在关联的正是现代西方哲学的主要工作。西方哲学,也即是“日落”之哲学,它把从东方旭日普照开始直至日落归于黑暗的世界内化为一个内在的自由世界。作为东方思想之国,中国哲学面临着在“朝日”之光下消化并重新照亮、复生这个自由世界的机遇。 Freedom is the core issue of philosophy. In ancient Greece, freedom was only a freedom of knowledge, that is, it was treated in a super-utilitarian and super-practical manner. This freedom, which focuses on the liberation from the angle of liberation, has its limitations, that is, this freedom stays in the theoretical field. To promote freedom to practice is the philosophical teaching and promotion of Jewish-Christian monotheism. Freedom has not only the dimension of liberation-liberation, but also the importance of non-invasiveness, self-development of everything and determination of all things. To ask freedom is to ask yourself and return to yourself. This is a great work done by classical philosophy represented by Kant and Hegel. From the non-invasive, self-development of all free thinking, has implied freedom and time, the inherent relationship between history. It is the main work of modern Western philosophy to tap this kind of internal connection. Western philosophy, also known as the philosophy of “sunset,” turns it into an inner free world that begins with the shining sun in the East until sunset belongs to darkness. As a nation of oriental thoughts, Chinese philosophy is faced with the opportunity of digesting and re-illuminating and reviving the free world under the light of the “Asahi”.