在生物世界宏伟的梯形结构中,在上帝与动物之间遥远的等级链上,我们凭什么来寻找、并给人类定位?回答当然是凭借一切超动物性的生命本能和生命感觉:思维、观察、意愿、爱及其存在形式——位格。然而诸如此类的精神活动,在马克斯·舍勒看来,有许多却是与动物相同的,譬如畏怯、恐惧、厌恶,甚至虚荣心。唯独有一样东西,“迄今为止的 In the magnificent trapezoidal structure of the biological world, on what level of the hierarchy between God and the animals, on what basis should we look for and locate human beings? The answer, of course, is by virtue of all the supernatural life instinct and life feeling: thinking and observation , Will, Love and their Existence - Person. However, mental activities such as these are, in Max Scheler’s opinion, many identical to animals, such as cowardice, fear, disgust and even vanity. Only one thing, ”so far