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时间: Thu Oct 30 15:00:19 2003
下面一段英文出自於：
Wilhelm Windelband, A history of philosophy v.1 ,page 33.
Anaximander reproduced in the form of an abstract conception the unclear
idea of the mythical chaos, which was "one" and yet also "all." This he
did by assuming as the cosmic matter an infinite, corporeal mass, in which
the various empirical substances were so mixed that no definite quality could
be ascribed to it as a whole. For this reason, however, the separation of
the individual qualities out of this self-moved matter could no longer be
regarded as properly a qualitative change in it. With this view the conception
of the unity of the world as regards quality would be given up, to be sure,
and an essential preparation made for the later development.
我的问题是：
为什麽Anaximander如果认为「cosmic matter是一种没有definite quality
的一团占有空间的东西(corporeal mass)时，cosmic matter 分化成各种有特定
quality的individual的这个变化过程就不能算做是一种qualitative change？
是不是因为cosmic matter本来是没有definite quality的，没有性质可变，因此
cosmic matter并不会改变它的某些性质而变成individual，因此当cosmic matter
变化成individual时，不算是一种质的变化(qualitative change)？
而又为什麽当cosmic matter分化为individual不能算是一种qualitative change时，
我们就必须放弃 the conception of the unity of the world as regard quality？
the conception of the unity of the world as regard quality指的是什麽？是不
是在说：「这个世界上一切的individual虽然看来各有不同的性质，但是其本质是相同
的」？如Thales说的：水变化成万物，这个宇宙的众多的individual其本质都是水。
那，如果是这样的话，为什麽Anaximender的cosmic matter，也就是the Infinite，
不能是这个the unity of the world？是不是因为这个cosmic matter是没有性质的，
因此我们不能说宇宙众多的individual都是cosmic matter，因为individual有特定性质，
而cosmic matter是没有特定性质的？
我的问题可能很奇怪，因为我是看不懂文本确切的意思的^^"
请大家包涵^^"
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