陀思妥耶夫斯基《宗教大法官》的思辨与启示

The Dialetics and Revelation in Dostoyevsky's ＂The Legend of the Grand Inquisitor＂

罗志达(Luo Zhida)

《基督教文化學刊》 19期 (2008/05) Pp. 245-266

並列摘要

Through an analysis of the chapter ＂The Legend of the Grand Inquisitor＂ in Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov, this paper reveals the significance of two core concepts: Freedom and Authority. There are three hidden, self-enclosed and simultaneously inter-related dialogues in ＂The Legend of the Grand Inquisitor＂: between Ivan and Alyosha, the Grand Inquisitor and Jesus, and finally Dostoevsky and his potential readers. Through an exploration of these three relationships, and particularly bearing in mind a Gnostic perspective, this paper reveals the essence of the genuine religious conviction and the Grand Inquisitor's true identity as a philosopher, in order that the reader may understand the intentions of Dostoevsky in this self-standing chapter: i. e. an exploration of how the relation between philosophy and religion, or between dialectics and revelation, has always been, or ＂should be,＂ in tension. The very relationship between the philosophers and God-man is irreconcilable-but how should philosophers within a certain political community deal with such Irreconcilability? This irreconcilability deserves our attention.

並列關鍵字

freedom ； authority ； narrative ； Gnosticism ； belief