2017年1月8日 星期日
2017年1月5日 星期四
1/5 Western Literature Week 17
Augustine of Hippo:
(/ɔːˈɡʌstɨn/,[1] /əˈɡʌstɨn/,[2] or /'ɔːɡʌstɨn/;[3] Latin: Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis;[note 1] 13 November 354 – 28 August 430), also known as Saint Augustine, Saint Austin,[4] (/ˈɔːstɨn/ or /ˈɑːstɨn/)[5] Blessed Augustine,[6] and the Doctor of Grace[7] (Latin: Doctor gratiae), was an early Christian theologian and philosopher[8]whose writings influenced the development of Western Christianity and Western philosophy. He was the bishop of Hippo Regius (modern-day Annaba, Algeria), located in Numidia (Roman province of Africa). He is viewed as one of the most important Church Fathers in Western Christianity for his writings in the Patristic Era. Among his most important works are The City of God and Confessions.
(/ɔːˈɡʌstɨn/,[1] /əˈɡʌstɨn/,[2] or /'ɔːɡʌstɨn/;[3] Latin: Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis;[note 1] 13 November 354 – 28 August 430), also known as Saint Augustine, Saint Austin,[4] (/ˈɔːstɨn/ or /ˈɑːstɨn/)[5] Blessed Augustine,[6] and the Doctor of Grace[7] (Latin: Doctor gratiae), was an early Christian theologian and philosopher[8]whose writings influenced the development of Western Christianity and Western philosophy. He was the bishop of Hippo Regius (modern-day Annaba, Algeria), located in Numidia (Roman province of Africa). He is viewed as one of the most important Church Fathers in Western Christianity for his writings in the Patristic Era. Among his most important works are The City of God and Confessions.
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Saint Augustine from a 19th-century engraving |
2016年12月29日 星期四
12/29 Western Literature Week 16
The New Testament:
(Koine Greek: Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη, Hē Kainḕ Diathḗkē; Latin: Novum Testamentum) is the second major part of the Christian biblical canon, the first part being the Old Testament, based on the Hebrew Bible. The New Testament discusses the teachings and person of Jesus, as well as events in first-century Christianity. Christians regard both the Old and New Testaments together as sacred scripture. The New Testament (in whole or in part) has frequently accompanied the spread of Christianity around the world. It reflects and serves as a source for Christian theology and morality. Both extended readings and phrases directly from the New Testament are also incorporated (along with readings from the Old Testament) into the various Christian liturgies. The New Testament has influenced religious, philosophical, and political movements in Christendom and left an indelible mark on literature, art, and music.
(Koine Greek: Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη, Hē Kainḕ Diathḗkē; Latin: Novum Testamentum) is the second major part of the Christian biblical canon, the first part being the Old Testament, based on the Hebrew Bible. The New Testament discusses the teachings and person of Jesus, as well as events in first-century Christianity. Christians regard both the Old and New Testaments together as sacred scripture. The New Testament (in whole or in part) has frequently accompanied the spread of Christianity around the world. It reflects and serves as a source for Christian theology and morality. Both extended readings and phrases directly from the New Testament are also incorporated (along with readings from the Old Testament) into the various Christian liturgies. The New Testament has influenced religious, philosophical, and political movements in Christendom and left an indelible mark on literature, art, and music.
2016年12月22日 星期四
12/22 Western Literature Week 15
The Bible:
(from Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία, tà biblía, "the books"[1]) is a collection of sacred texts or scriptures that Jews and Christians consider to be a product of divine inspiration and a record of the relationship between God and humans.
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The Gutenberg Bible, the first printed Bible |
2016年12月15日 星期四
12/15 Western Literature Week 14
Aristotle:
(/ˈærɪˌstɒtəl/;[1] Greek: Ἀριστοτέλης Greek pronunciation: [aristotélɛːs], Aristotélēs; 384–322 BC)[2] was a Greek philosopher and scientist
born in the city of Stagira, Chalkidice, on the northern periphery of Classical Greece. His father, Nicomachus, died when Aristotle was a child, whereafter Proxenus of Atarneus became his
guardian.[3] At seventeen or eighteen years of age, he joined Plato's Academy in
Athens[4] and remained there until the age of thirty-seven
(c. 347 BC). His
writings cover many subjects – including physics, biology, zoology, metaphysics, logic, ethics, aesthetics, poetry, theater, music, rhetoric, linguistics, politics and government – and constitute
the first comprehensive system of Western philosophy. Shortly after Plato died, Aristotle left Athens
and, at the request of Philip of Macedon, tutored Alexander the Great beginning in
343 BC.
2016年12月8日 星期四
12/8 Western Literature Week 13
Aristophanes:
(/ˌærᵻˈstɒfəniːz/ or /ˌɛrᵻˈstɒfəniːz/;[2] Greek: Ἀριστοφάνης, pronounced [aristopʰánɛːs]; c. 446 – c. 386 BC), son of Philippus, of the deme Kydathenaion (Latin: Cydathenaeum),[3] was a comic playwright of ancient Athens. Eleven of his forty plays survive virtually
complete. These, together with fragments of some of his other plays, provide
the only real examples of a genre of comic drama known as Old Comedy, and are used to define it.
2016年12月1日 星期四
12/1 Western Literature Week 12
Euripides:
(/jʊəˈrɪpᵻdiːz/ or /jɔːˈrɪpᵻdiːz/;[1] Greek: Εὐριπίδης; Ancient
Greek: [eu̯.riː.pí.dɛːs]) (c. 480 – c. 406 BC) was a tragedian of classical Athens. He is one of the few whose plays have survived,
with the others being Aeschylus, Sophocles, and potentially Euphorion. Some ancient
scholars attributed 95 plays to him but according to the Suda it
was 92 at most. Of these, 18 or 19 have survived more or less complete (there
has been debate about his authorship of Rhesus, largely on stylistic
grounds)[2] and there are also fragments, some substantial,
of most of the other plays. More of his plays have survived intact than those
of Aeschylus and Sophocles together,
partly due to mere chance and partly because his popularity grew as theirs
declined[3][4]—he became, in the Hellenistic
Age, a cornerstone of ancient literary education,
along with Homer, Demosthenes and Menander.
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