Nature As The Origin Of Virtue

The exploration of nature has become an eternal topic of human beings,and the constant revelation of nature makes people believe that science and technology can give mankind the greatest guarantee of a happy life.Accompanied by scientific and technological progress is the "swell" of human reason(intelligence)and the desire to "control" nature.When self-rationality becomes the basis for our lives and explorations,the result is the lack of the care of(natural)prototypes.That is,the paideia of human beings—the reduction in height achieved through the activity of “ imitating ” the prototype to educate itself.In other words,it is precisely because of the retreat of "natural" from human life that the rational exploration of "natural things" has become mainstream,and the path of human pursuit of excellence in education has been hidden in the satisfaction of material desires.This prompts us to further reflect on the relationship between nature,virtue,and paideia,and the premise is to return to the original situation between them.Through retrospection,we find that the evolution of the ancient Greek enlightened world was the constant awakening of human reason.The higher-level,integrated nature view was gradually replaced by the "control" of human reason and technology.But the world of craftsmanship created by mankind has not brought continuous and stable meaning to the individual's spiritual orderand life.Human excellence has been "misguided" and dispelled to the point of mediocrity.Faced with these problems,Plato made his enlightened response,and this response undoubtedly has some value to our thinking today.In Plato's enlightened philosophy system,the holistic "nature" serves as the basis for the formation of individual virtues,and the overall purpose of nature(good)makes the excellence of individual humanity reflected in the overall life,and the transcendent " "Integrated adult" is possible.He used cosmology as the background and basis for the development of human virtues,and used a deep understanding of human nature(nature)as the starting point of education,And through the understanding of the city's nature to understand the actual space of human civilization.In his understanding,the so-called whole nature is a holistic order of man-city-universe,and the virtue of man is reflected in the individual soul order brought about by the understanding and understanding of this order Harmony-"Nature as the Origin of Virtue".At the same time,the bond of cohesion and connection of this order lies in the transcendental natural purpose — the idea of goodness becomes the value guidance of individual seeking virtue in the inquiry of nature.That is,Plato uses the teleology to make the development of human virtue not only pay attention to its own nature,but also takes care of those sacred cosmic natural purposes,so that human paideia becomes a path that runsthrough the whole nature.In the specific paideia path,he first starts with the paideia of human nature.Through the training of the human body's poetry and sports,the individual soul has a preliminary order,and the individual's physical virtues are improved;Then,through the guidance of intellectual subjects,individuals are constantly surpassing their limits.In this process,individual rationality is developed,the understanding of the natural order of the universe is gradually clear,and the intellectual morality is continuously increasing,which has also established a meaningful connection between the order of the individual soul and the natural order of the universe,and the soul constantly rise;Finally,through the study and training of philosophy,the individual soul transcends the physical bondage and rises to the care of the good,and the individual's contemplative virtue is developed;At the same time,there is also a process of individual paideia falling into the actual city-state,that is,the harmony of the city-state order is constantly realized.The ultimate goal of this paideia is to connect the human nature,city-state nature and universe nature with the individual's "soul journey",so as to achieve the perfection of individual morality and the completion of the overall natural purpose,Makes people a noble and immortal existence that is based on and transcends "death".As a result,Plato established a holistic system of moral teachings byquestioning "nature".In this paideia philosophy,the growth of the individual is itself the "growth" of human nature(human nature),a kind of good guidance and initiation in the soul-the continuous harmony of the soul order reflects the movement of man in the overall universe The virtue in Chinese is a kind of paideia of "human nature".At the same time,human nature transcends its limits through the connection with the overall nature and the coordination of order,thereby achieving the road of excellence based on the nature of the person and in the care of the overall nature.In the inquiry of the ultimate purpose-"goodness",the natural foundation of man and the sacredness are manifested in the development of virtue at the same time.This is undoubtedly the greatest paideia that Plato has given us today.To some extent,we need to constantly reflect on his path to solve the paideia problems of the present era.