希腊和希伯来哲学视角下的早期英语谚语

早期英语谚语并非简单地反映了英伦表层文化，而是极大地反映了其深层文化即其哲学传统的内容。由于西方文明以两希文化作为其共同根基，英伦文化又是西方文明的一个组成部分，因而古希腊和基督教的宇宙观、知识观等很自然地浸润到了英语谚语当中，这其中主要包括古希腊的物质/形式二元论，以理性为枢轴的得救观，以道（logos）为内容的智慧观和理性致知论，以及基督教创世、堕落与救赎的观点，以信仰为支点的拯救观，以上帝之道为内容的智慧观和信仰致知论等。了解这一点，对于我们准确把握早期英语谚语的思想实质，理解其成为英语语言精髓的原因之所在，从而在一个新的维度上把握英伦传统文化以及在更高的程度上运用英语语言具有重要意义。

Greek and Hebrew Cosmology and Epistemology in Early English Proverbs

Early English proverbs do not only set up a mirror to the superficial elements in British life, they also reflect the kind of deep culture which may roughly be equated as its philosophical tradition. Being the cornerstone of Western Civilization of which British culture stands as one of its components, Greek and Hebrew Cosmology and Epistemology have extended unavoidably into early English proverbs. These include the Greek division between the Matter and the Form, their understanding of redemption as hinges on the human faculty of Reason, as well as an epistemology regarding knowledge as connected with Logos and preaching the accessing of Logos by Reason-and the Christian Cosmology which advocates God''s Creation of the World, a redemption based on God''s mercy and help, as well as an epistemology regarding God and Faith as the source of and basis for knowledge. Such an insight may help us better understand the ideological content of early English proverbs and the reasons why they are regarded as the cream of the English language, and thereupon grasp from a new dimension the core of the British cultural tradition and employ at a higher level the English language.