“智者与圣人的宝岛”(乔伊斯意大利演讲)

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1、Ireland,IslandofSaintsandSagesJamesJoyceNationshavetheirego,justlikeindividuals.Thecaseofapeoplewholiketoattributetothemselvesqualitiesandgloriesforeigntootherpeoplehasnotbeenentirelyunknowninhistory,fromthetimeofourancestors,whocalledthemselvesAryansandnobles,

2、orthatoftheGreeks,whocalledallthosewholivedoutsidethesacrosanctlandofHellasbarbarians.TheIrish,withapridethatisperhapslesseasytoexplain,lovetorefertotheircountryastheislandofsaintsandsages.Thisexaltedtitlewasnotinventedyesterdayorthedaybefore.Itgoesbacktothemos

3、tancienttimes,whentheislandwasatruefocuscfsanctityandintellect,spreadingthroughoutthecontinentacultureandavitalizingenergy.ItwouldbeeasytomakealistoftheIrishmenwhocarriedthetorchofknowledgefromcountrytocountryaspilgrimsandhermits,asscholarsandwisemen.Theirtrace

4、sarestillseentodayinabandonedaltars,intraditionsandlegendswhereeventhenameoftheheroisscarcelyrecognizable,orinpoeticallusions,suchasthepassageinDante'swherehismentorpointstooneoftheCelticmagicianstormentedbyinfernalpainsandsays:Quel'altro,chene'fianchi

5、ecosipoco,MicheleScottofu,cheveramenteDellemagichefrodeseppeilgioco.Intruth,itwouldtakethelearningandpatienceofaleisurelyBollandisttorelatetheactsofthesesaintsandsages.WeatleastrememberthenotoriousopponentofSt.Thomas,JohnDunsScotus(calledtheSubtleDoctortodistin

6、guishhimfromSt.Thomas,theAngelicDoctor,andfromBonaventura,theSeraphicDoctor)whowasthemilitantchampionofthedoctrineoftheImmaculateConception,and,asthechroniclesofthatperiodtellus,anunbeatabledialectician.ItseemsundeniablethatIrelandatthattimewasanimmenseseminary

7、,wherescholarsgatheredfromthedifferentcountriesofEurope,sogreatwasitsrenownformasteryofspiritualmatters.Althoughassertionsofthiskindmustbetakenwithgreatreservations,itismorethanlikely(inviewofthereligiousfervourthatstillprevailsinIreland,ofwhichyou,whohavebeenn

8、ourishedonthefoodofscepticisminrecentyears,canhardlyformacorrectidea)thatthisgloriouspastisnotafictionbasedonthespiritofself-glorification.Ifyoureallywishtobeconvinced,there