조선 전기 도학자들의 理 인식과 사회실천론 - 정암․퇴계․율곡의 역사의식과 실천담론의 계승, 발전이라는 관점에서

Abstract

This paper examines the political thoughts of Neo-Confucianists in the early Joseon period, especially around the 16th century, through their historical consciousness and philosophical grounds. And it is concluded that their practical discourse was the logic of reform to solve the problems of the previous period as a collective intelligence or spirit of the times, and it was not completed by any one individual at any one moment. At least, through Jeongam, Toegye, and Yulgok, they realized their logic. They had high ideals, but to that extent they tried to accurately read the problems of reality, and also tried to make the most of the social system established in the previous period. However, their goal was not simply to recover to a normal society before, but to realize more than a true human being. This has a clear difference from the discourses of governance in the previous period. Their sense of vocation and practice was the purifying of the spirit of the times, such as the emergence of reformists who did not deny their career path, the descendants who claimed to be the heir to the calling, and the rapidly Confucian lifestyle. It was after the 18th century that a flow beyond their worldview. However, until the 19th century, the Neo-Confucian worldview was still a social and political center. It can be said that it was the result of a realistic and ideal Dohak practice discourse.