本書專論當代中國哲學家勞思光先生 (1927-2012) 的哲學思想，尤其著重於勞先生後期哲學的發展與規模。

勞思光先生以《中國哲學史》名家，然而《中國哲學史》卻只是他一生哲學關懷──為危機中的哲學及文化尋找突破困局之道──的預備工作。《中國哲學史》之後，也就是1980年代起，勞先生在三十年間逐步發展、修正他的哲學思想，主要是：(1) 建立一種基於開放思維之哲學概念的文化哲學；(2) 為二十世紀「哲學之終結」問題把脈，提出「非絕對主義的新基礎主義」，以顯示哲學思維應有的新取向；與此同時，他也發表了關於 (3) 中國文化之路向，與 (4) 中國哲學之未來的大量論著。

本書基於同情的理解，全面討論了前述勞思光哲學的各個領域，並兼顧勞先生前、後期思想的演變。書中〈情意我與心靈境界〉一篇藉詩作探索勞思光先生的生命情調，頗見異趣。

This book specializes in the philosophy of contemporary leading Chinese philosopher Lao Sze-kwang (1927-2012), particularly focuses on the development and its broad spectrum of Lao's late philosophy.
Lao is best known for his History of Chinese Philosophy, which is regarded as one of the primary texts in Chinese philosophy. However, Lao described his task in the history of Chinese philosophy as a preparatory work for his philosophical concerns. During his lengthy academic career, he was unceasingly devoted himself to pursuing the way beyond the crisis of culture and philosophy.
After History of Chinese Philosophy, that is, since the beginning of 1980s, Lao had gradually elaborated and revised his thinking, the major efforts of which are: 1. to set up a philosophy of culture based on the open concept of philosophy; 2. to identify the problematic of the end of philosophy in the twentieth century, and thus to propose his 'New Foundationalism without Absolutism' as a forward philosophical perspective; meanwhile, he had also published a large number of treaties on the issues of 3. the way out of Chinese culture; and 4. the future of Chinese philosophy.
With a sympathetic understanding, this book takes a comprehensive discussion on the aforementioned various fields of Lao's philosophy, at the same time takes account of Lao's early and late thoughts. In addition, studying through Lao's poems, the essay 'Aesthetic-Self and Spiritual Realm' in this book affords a quite different approach to explore the inner world of the philosopher.