위기의식과 철학의 정체성 검토 - 이지(李贄) 이해를 위한 새로운 단서 -

Abstract

This paper looks at Li zhi(李贄)’s life and ideas from a consciousness of crisis. The previous assessment of Li zhi was largely perceived as a traitor to Confucianism who resisted Kong zi(孔子). This paper, however, diagnoses the regression of Kong zi’s academic attitude, the open-minded spirit of learning, as a crisis situation. At the same time, it is suggested in his view that this should be restored and practiced. He diagnosed the reality of Confucianism’s fall into empty learning as a crisis and struggled to solve it. He recognized the right side of a Confucian scholar as a practical scholar who actively participates in real-life issues. He saw Kong zi and Wang yangming(王陽明) as examples of practical Confucian scholars. This paper connected his consciousness of crisis to the identity problem of Philosophy to recognize it at the universal level. This is to identify a consciousness of crisis as a characteristic of philosophical thought. As a way to do this, I looked at the consciousness of crisis that appears in Husserl, Descartes, Socrates and Zhu xi(朱子). This paper took note of the deep inner motives of worrying about Confucianism, unlike the previous perception that he was a traitor to Confucianism. Behind his fierce confrontation with the times is strong motivation to save Confucianism from crisis. This paper concludes that his consciousness of crisis is a universal dimension connected to the identity of Philosophy.