CAJ | 학술논문

在18世纪法国启蒙学者的中西哲学比较研究中，狄德罗提出了“中国人有两只眼而西方人只有一只眼”的著名论断和很多富有新意的独到见解。他把伏羲比作“中国的赫尔墨斯或俄尔甫斯”，肯定孔子学说教人“爱真理，爱美德”、“品行端正地接人待物”，但却认为“很难确定孔夫子就是中国的苏格拉底或阿拉克萨哥拉”；他赞扬中国人智理深邃和锲而不舍的探索精神，认为中国哲学的思辨性并不逊于西方哲学，理学著述与斯宾诺莎的著作一样对西方学者的思维能力具有挑战性；他肯定中国哲人把善意与道德的科学放在一切科学的首位，并预言这一原则有朝一日会得到西方学界的广泛认同，这一论述成为他的中国哲学观最突出的闪光点。
재18세기법국계몽학자적중서철학비교연구중，적덕라제출료“중국인유량지안이서방인지유일지안”적저명론단화흔다부유신의적독도견해。타파복희비작“중국적혁이묵사혹아이보사”，긍정공자학설교인“애진리，애미덕”、“품행단정지접인대물”，단각인위“흔난학정공부자취시중국적소격랍저혹아랍극살가랍”；타찬양중국인지리심수화계이불사적탐색정신，인위중국철학적사변성병불손우서방철학，이학저술여사빈낙사적저작일양대서방학자적사유능력구유도전성；타긍정중국철인파선의여도덕적과학방재일절과학적수위，병예언저일원칙유조일일회득도서방학계적엄범인동，저일논술성위타적중국철학관최돌출적섬광점。
In the comparative study on Chinese-Western Philosophy of French Enlightenment scholars in the 18th century, Diderot proposed a lot of well-known and thought-provoking propositions, such as, we Europeans have one eye, Chinese themselves two, all the world else is blind;China’s speculative philosophy is not inferior to Western one;China's sages give first place to the good and morals, which would be widely accepted by Western academia in the future. These discussions are the highlight of Diderot's views on Chinese philosophy. Different from Leibniz and Wolff who praised highly the Chinese people's moral practice, Diderot had a few doubts about to what extent the Chinese people can practice Confucian virtues. He pointed out that the Chinese people know best the virtues but seldom put them into practice.