- Jun 19 Fri 2020 09:49
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Heretics (G.K. Chesterton) 4
- May 30 Sat 2020 09:59
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Heretics (G.K. Chesterton) 3
第一章第8段
The theory of the unmorality of art has established itself firmly in the strictly artistic classes. They are free to produce anything they like. They are free to write a "Paradise Lost" in which Satan shall conquer God. They are free to write a "Divine Comedy" in which heaven shall be under the floor of hell. And what have they done? Have they produced in their universality anything grander or more beautiful than the things uttered by the fierce Ghibbeline Catholic, by the rigid Puritan schoolmaster? We know that they have produced only a few roundels. Milton does not merely beat them at his piety, he beats them at their own irreverence. In all their little books of verse you will not find a finer defiance of God than Satan's. Nor will you find the grandeur of paganism felt as that fiery Christian felt it who described Faranata lifting his head as in disdain of hell. And the reason is very obvious. Blasphemy is an artistic effect, because blasphemy depends upon a philosophical conviction. Blasphemy depends upon belief and is fading with it. If any one doubts this, let him sit down seriously and try to think blasphemous thoughts about Thor. I think his family will find him at the end of the day in a state of some exhaustion.
The theory of the unmorality of art has established itself firmly in the strictly artistic classes. They are free to produce anything they like. They are free to write a "Paradise Lost" in which Satan shall conquer God. They are free to write a "Divine Comedy" in which heaven shall be under the floor of hell. And what have they done? Have they produced in their universality anything grander or more beautiful than the things uttered by the fierce Ghibbeline Catholic, by the rigid Puritan schoolmaster? We know that they have produced only a few roundels. Milton does not merely beat them at his piety, he beats them at their own irreverence. In all their little books of verse you will not find a finer defiance of God than Satan's. Nor will you find the grandeur of paganism felt as that fiery Christian felt it who described Faranata lifting his head as in disdain of hell. And the reason is very obvious. Blasphemy is an artistic effect, because blasphemy depends upon a philosophical conviction. Blasphemy depends upon belief and is fading with it. If any one doubts this, let him sit down seriously and try to think blasphemous thoughts about Thor. I think his family will find him at the end of the day in a state of some exhaustion.
- May 20 Wed 2020 09:14
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Heretics (G.K. Chesterton) 2
- May 02 Sat 2020 11:20
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Heretics (G.K. Chesterton)1
出於個人莫名其妙的堅持
從標題開始我就選擇跟之前不一樣的翻譯，我知道異教徒是更為簡潔與直接的表達方式，但我真心覺得在Chesterton的文字中，在他的社會情境脈絡裡，他的發言對象不僅僅是我們所謂的異教徒，而是與正統持不同立場，甚或更為精確的，可說是那些根本不認為有正統的人...(這些人當中很多都不是所謂的異教徒)
從標題開始我就選擇跟之前不一樣的翻譯，我知道異教徒是更為簡潔與直接的表達方式，但我真心覺得在Chesterton的文字中，在他的社會情境脈絡裡，他的發言對象不僅僅是我們所謂的異教徒，而是與正統持不同立場，甚或更為精確的，可說是那些根本不認為有正統的人...(這些人當中很多都不是所謂的異教徒)
- May 02 Sat 2020 10:44
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Heretics：翻向外篇
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