乌托邦之梦:托马斯·莫尔的理想与殉道

圣人与政治家 Thomas More(1478-1535) Renaissance man的完美example: Lawyer、politician(Lord Chancellor of England) Humanist scholar(friend of Erasmus) Author(《Utopia》) Devoted Christian Martyr(为faith被beheaded) 他的life=tension between: This world和next—— Political duty和religious conscience—— Reason和faith—— Humanist optimism和Christian otherworldliness 最终: Conscience over king—— Head lost,soul saved 生平:从success到scaffold 早年与教育 出生于London—— Father=successful lawyer、judge 13岁:serve in Archbishop Morton家中(page) Oxford大学: Study classics、rhetoric Then London legal training(Lincoln’s Inn) 人文主义者 与Erasmus亲密友谊(1499相遇)—— 共同的humanist理想 学习Greek together Erasmus’s《Praise of Folly》: Dedicated to More—— Title pun:“Moriae Encomium”=“Praise of More”(玩拉丁语mora≈More) More translate Lucian(Greek satirist)—— ...

March 26, 2012 at 12:00 AM