罗素在他的《西方哲学史》中引用过这样一段话:形而上学隐退到幕后去了,个人的伦理现在变成了具有头等意义的东西。哲学不再是引导着少数一些大无畏的真理追求者们前进的火炬:它毋宁是跟随着生存斗争的后面在收拾病弱与伤残的一辆救护车。这意味着哲学世界的一大转折:古希腊时代的天生爱智之士,在 In his History of Western Philosophy, Russell quotes the passage: Metaphysics recedes behind the scenes, and personal ethics now becomes something of first-class significance. Philosophy is no longer the torch that leads some of the dauntless truth suitors: it is rather an ambulance following the struggle for survival to get sick and disabled. This means a turning point in the philosophical world: the innate intellectuals of ancient Greece