Historically, Germany has produced philosophers, and if any of the contemporary German philosophers are the most representative or who has the greatest influence, then Jürgen Habermas is definitely one of them, and some people think that he is the "contemporary Hegel". Today, let's enjoy the six aphorisms of this philosopher who occupies a pivotal position in Western academic circles and experience the deep meaning behind the words.
Habermas was born in a small town near Cologne, Germany, and during his teenage years, he experienced World War II. On the road of study, he successively studied philosophy, economics, psychology, history, and literature, which can be described as extensive, and his ideas were also very influential. Habermas's philosophical ideas inherited Kant's philosophy, sharply criticizing hegel and other world-famous great philosophers, and engaged in fierce controversy with many contemporaries.
Modernity is a central concept in Habermas's all-encompassing thought, arguing that modernist thought first took shape in the literature of the philosopher Baudelaire, and then further developed in avant-garde, culminating in Surrealism and Dadaism. Habermas also believes that modernism prompts human beings to explore the unknown and gives human beings a spirit of exploration.
Habermas's idea of modernity is a study of the European public sphere as a starting point, through the relationship between civil society and public power as the main line, focusing on the crisis in the transition from the bourgeois public sphere in the period of liberal capitalism to the public sphere in the post-capitalist period. He believes that the problem of modernity does not arise from modernity itself, but from the rational concept that defines the essential characteristics of modernity.
In order to solve the conundrum of modernity, Habermas proposed the theory of communicative action. He believes that through communicative rationality can prevent reason from being distorted, can reconstruct modernity, and open up the potential liberating energy of modernity. Therefore, we can know that habermas's theory of communicative action has provided direction for modern human beings to escape the dilemma of modernity and rebuild modernity.
Habermas's ideas are far-reaching, with dozens of books published to date, and in recognition of his outstanding contributions to humanity, he was awarded the Leibniz Prize, the highest prize for scientific research in Germany and one of the highest prizes in the world, far exceeding the Nobel Prize.
On June 18, 1929, Habermas was born, and today is the 92nd birthday of this great German modern philosopher, so let's enjoy the philosopher, the thinker's six maxims, and taste the meaning behind the words, I believe you will be inspired.
A person's life is full of problems, and they disrupt your life. --Jürgen Habermas
That's what I think, and that's what philosophers should do: forget about their professional role. --Jürgen Habermas
Only in this way can we do better than others and contribute our achievements to public utilities. --Jürgen Habermas
When you find the answer and express it in writing, you will feel the joy. --Jürgen Habermas
The task of philosophy is to discover in science powerful strategic theories that are opposed to the fundamental principles of empiricism and inductive principles. --Jürgen Habermas
If the composition of an idea is derived from the experience of human-caused suffering, then the idea can and should be abolished. --Jürgen Habermas