Thought

This book is a masterpiece of Zhang Shenfu, first published in 1931. The authormainlydiscussed on the focus of Russell's logical Empiricism (InstrumentalIntelligence) and Confucius's belief of benevolence (ValueIntelligence), advocating that linking up these two can provide spiritual nourishment for therejuvenation of Chinese culture. The main content of this book is Russell's philosophy, which is emphasized by many modern philosophy schools featuring advocating of logical meticulousness, logicallizing of philosophy and mathematicalization. The writing way of this book is the most casual quotation. The combining between the grant theme and the casual writing method offers reader with wisdoms every line of this book. This is also the reason why the author is differ from those renowned writers like XiongShili, FengYoulan and Jin Yuelin and enjoyed academic fame. According to this book, one can also get to know the status of Chinese social thought and culture in 20s and 30s years.