ABSTRACT This article situates Roger Scruton in the tradition of Christian Platonism. It begins by revisiting Scruton’s reluctance to pursue theological speculation as it has been traditionally practised in the Platonising tradition of Christian metaphysics, and identifies potential misunderstandings of this tradition as Scruton represents it, as well as points of common ground. Drawing on the scholarship of Lloyd Gerson, this article goes on to argue that Scruton satisfies the basic philosophical criteria that allow a philosopher to be classified as a Platonist, and then shows how his thought can be located within a Platonising hermeneutical tradition. Scruton re-imagines a number of Christian Platonic themes in the post-Kantian, phenomenological, and existential territory he inhabits. These themes include: imaginative contemplation, transcendence, the sacred, the real presence, meditation on death (meditatio mortis), love, and becoming like God (Gottwerdung). The article concludes with some reflections about why it matters that Scruton’s thought should be included in the tradition of Christian Platonism i.e. why it should matter to his readers, to the potential logical unfolding of his own philosophical position, and to his standing as one of the most powerful spiritual writers of our time.

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罗杰·斯克鲁顿是基督教柏拉图主义者吗？

摘要本文将罗杰·斯克鲁顿（Roger Scruton）置于基督教柏拉图主义的传统下。它首先回顾了斯克鲁顿不愿追求神学的推测，就像基督教形而上学的柏拉图化传统中一直实践的那样，并指出了斯克鲁顿所代表的这一传统的潜在误解以及共同点。借鉴劳埃德·格森的学术研究，本文继续论证了斯克鲁顿满足了允许哲学家归类为柏拉图主义者的基本哲学标准，然后说明了他的思想如何可以置于柏拉图诠释学传统之内。斯克鲁顿重新构想了他所居住的后康德，现象学和生存领域的许多基督教柏拉图主题。这些主题包括：富有想象力的沉思，超越，神圣，真实的存在，对死亡的沉思（冥想），爱和变得像上帝（Gottwerdung）。文章最后总结了以下几点思考：斯克鲁顿的思想应包括在基督教柏拉图主义的传统中为何如此重要，即为什么它对他的读者，他本人的哲学立场的潜在逻辑展开以及他作为其中之一的地位至关重要我们这个时代最强大的精神作家。