This paper considers Gianni Vattimo’s rejection of metaphysical conceptions of being in favor of a hermeneutic ontology developed along the lines of ‘weak thought.’ I argue that Vattimo’s critique neglects an abiding pluralism within the very history of metaphysical thought itself; at least some metaphysical conceptions of being in that history do not fall prey to his critique. To establish my claim I turn to Thomas Aquinas, whose metaphysics is couched within a larger theological context and presents itself dynamically, thereby expressing some of the very features that Vattimo himself accords to Being.

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信仰战胜形而上学：Gianni Vattimo 和 Thomas Aquinas 谈存在

本文考虑了 Gianni Vattimo 对形而上学概念的拒绝，即赞成沿“弱思想”发展的解释学本体论。我认为，瓦蒂莫的批评忽视了形而上学思想本身的历史中一种持久的多元主义。至少有一些关于在那个历史中存在的形而上学概念不会成为他批评的牺牲品。为了确立我的主张，我求助于托马斯·阿奎那，他的形而上学是在一个更大的神学语境中表达的，并动态地呈现自己，从而表达了瓦蒂莫本人赋予存在的一些特征。