"People Is The Creature Of Circumstances"Modern Implication And Contemporary Value

Because of the theory that "Person is the product of the environment". Montesquieu has long been known to the world, but some scholars believe that his thought is the typical representative of-geographic environmental determinism", which received much more doubt. The environment is worsen today, author based on the Marxism materialism, form the ecological civilization’s view, evaluate and reflect the theory of Montesquieu about "Person is the product of the environment"The first chapter of this article based on the original of Montesquieu, l-’rom "environment" and’ character ","production activities "."legal and political system" and "religious system" to explain the theory of "man is the product of the environment." The second chapter from Marxist humanistic view to expounded the nature of jury people. Man is not only a natural person, but also an active, conscious, social. the nature of freedom, consciousness one. In a word, that is labor and practice people. In addition, not only the people who are not natural, in contrast, nature is human nature, social nature. The emphasis has been critical of the boil down to Montesquieu "environmental product", that was the same to Feuerbach. only to see the human nature and natural first in nature, completely ignore the social nature of man, can’t see or do not like to see the fundamental difference between man and animals, not knowing "people create environment, but environment can create people to the same." Man and environment are interaction. Environmental change and people of chanae is two aspects of the same process, they are unified by practice. The third chapter, from today’s environmental crisis on the shocking fact, from the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan", the ecological civilization and the construction of two type society needs of the reality, to illustrate the current of China adhere to the "Scientific Development View" is important. From the realistic need aspects lo prove "people is the creature of cireumstances" has feasibility and rationality.