This article outlines the philosophy of language of the vitalist philosopher Ludwig Klages, as it can be found in his late work Language as the Source of Psychology (Die Sprache als Quell der Seelenkunde). First published in 1948, this treatise is full of examples of how everyday usage of words should give us pause for thought – underlining the link between philosophy and life that is inherent to the project of vitalism or Lebensphilosophie. In line with the remit for submissions to this issue of the Journal of European Studies intended to mark 50 years since its inception, the article reflects the interest of its contributor (translation studies and the history of ideas), forms part of a larger project to retrieve the thought of a largely forgotten thinker, and showcases a work that occupies a key position in the history of twentieth-century thought and has been seminal to the contributor’s own development. For ultimately Klages’s philosophy of language illustrates the truth of Goethe’s maxim, ‘the point of life is life itself’.

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Ludwig Klages 和他的语言哲学

本文概述了活力论哲学家路德维希·克拉格斯 (Ludwig Klages) 的语言哲学，可以在他后期的著作语言作为心理学的来源 (Die Sprache als Quell der Seelenkunde) 中找到。这篇论文于 1948 年首次出版，其中充满了日常使用词语应该如何让我们停下来思考的例子——强调了生命主义或 Lebensphilosophie 项目所固有的哲学与生活之间的联系。与本期《欧洲研究杂志》旨在纪念创刊 50 周年的投稿职责一致，该文章反映了其投稿人的兴趣（翻译研究和思想史），构成了一个更大项目的一部分找回一个基本上被遗忘的思想家的想法，并展示了一部在二十世纪思想史上占有重要地位、对撰稿人自身发展具有开创性意义的作品。因为最终克拉格斯的语言哲学阐明了歌德格言“生命的意义在于生命本身”的真理。