Abstract: Usually, we acquire our understanding of the philosophical state in the background of Chinese traditional philosophy. Namely, the reason for the being of philosophical state is that it brings the "human" spiritual state and ideal life to people. However, practice which is the unique activity of human has its "metaphysical instinct" transcending the reality from the angle of the Marxism philosophy. As the theoretical characterization of human "metaphysical instinct", philosophy has metaphysical pursuit transcending the common sense and the philosophical state is such metaphysical pursuit exactly. Therefore, as metaphysical pursuit characterized the human "metaphysical instinct", philosophical state is the due sense of philosophy itself.