在柏拉图的对话集里面,他的论证一方面是坚定的、结论明确的,如《论语》说的“朝问道,夕死可矣”:但另一方面又表现出犹豫不决、紧张以及困惑。这是何怀宏教授在东南大学“人文大讲座”上的演讲《思想的张力》(讲稿刊2008年3月23日《解放日报》第8版)中的一段话。这段话还作为重点话语特提在“西方经典的思想特征”一小节的开头。 In Plato’s discourse, his argument is firm on the one hand and its conclusion is definite. For example, the “Analects of Confucius” said “toward the east and ask for death”: on the other hand, he demonstrated indecisiveness, Tense and confused. This is a speech from Prof. He Huaihong’s “Tension in Thought” at Southeastern University’s “Humanities Lecture” (lecture publication, Eighth Liberation Daily, March 23, 2008). This passage also serves as a key discourse at the beginning of a section entitled “The Ideological Characteristics of Western Classicism.”