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拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生:随笔·摘录 33

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This voice of fable has in it somewhat divine. It came from thought above the will of the writer. That is the best part of each writer, which has nothing private in it;[124] that which he does not know, that which flowed out of his constitution, and not from his too active invention; that which in the study of a single artist you might not easily find, but in the study of many, you would abstract as the spirit of them all. Phidias it is not, but the work of man in that early Hellenic[125] world, that I would know. The name and circumstance of Phidias, however convenient for history, embarrass when we come to the highest criticism. We are to see that which man was tending to do in a given period, and was hindered, or, if you will, modified in doing, by the interfering volitions of Phidias, of Dante, of Shakespeare, the organ whereby man at the moment wrought.

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定位:Excerpt 33 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

寓言的声音里有某种神圣。它来自高于作者意志的思想。每个作家最好的部分,是其中没有私人性的东西;是他自己也不知道的、从他天性里流出来的、而非来自过度活跃的发明;是你在研究单个艺术家时不易找到,但研究许多人后能抽象出来的共同精神。我想知道的不是菲迪亚斯,而是早期希腊世界里人的作品。菲迪亚斯的名字和境遇,对历史虽方便,到了最高批评时却碍事。我们要看的是:人在某个时期倾向于做什么,又被菲迪亚斯、但丁、莎士比亚这些人的意志干扰或修改了什么——他们只是当时人工作的器官。

上下文

爱默生《随笔集》中论“诗人”与“艺术”,强调超越个人天才的普遍精神。

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今日一问

你能否从多个作品里,看出那个时代人共同想做什么?

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