Although Herder is critical of the Enlightenment, I show that his philosophy of history commits him to the claim that the age and culture shaped by the Enlightenment in some way makes a distinctive contribution to the development of humanity. Yet this contribution cannot make this age and culture superior to earlier ones, for this would violate Herder’s commitment to the principle that each age and culture ought to be accorded an equal status because of the equal value of its contribution to the full development of humanity. I argue that an abstract way of thinking and a hostility to prejudice are integral elements of Herder’s attempt to situate the Enlightenment in his philosophy of history, despite how he otherwise criticizes the Enlightenment for its abstract thinking and its hostility to prejudice.

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赫尔德历史哲学的启蒙定位

尽管赫尔德对启蒙运动持批评态度，但我表明他的历史哲学使他相信启蒙运动塑造的时代和文化在某种程度上对人类发展做出了独特贡献。然而，这种贡献不能使这个时代和文化优于早先的时代和文化，因为这会违反赫尔德的原则承诺，即每个时代和文化都应该因其对人类全面发展的贡献具有同等价值而被赋予同等地位。我认为，抽象的思维方式和对偏见的敌视是赫尔德试图将启蒙运动置于他的历史哲学中的不可或缺的要素，尽管他如何批评启蒙运动的抽象思维和对偏见的敌视。