从认知史角度比较荷马史诗与《俄狄浦斯王》中的卜释质疑

卜者对神的兆示的解释在东方和西方的古代社会都曾发挥过重要的作用,但古希腊文学中对卜释的不断质疑却构成了希腊文化独特的一面,并最终在一定程度上模塑了西方文化精神。从荷马史诗到《俄狄浦斯王》,其中的连续质疑之声中折射出西方认知史早期发展的独特轨迹。其中,《俄狄浦斯王》在西方认知发展史上具有一定的标示性意义。

The Ongoing Challenge Towards the Prohet's Interpretaions——The Cognition Development Reflected in Ancient Greek Literature

Seeking the purport of an oracle from god(s) through a prohet had performed a widely-accepted and important function both in the East and West ancient society.But in ancient Greek literature,the phenomenia of continiously challenging the interpretations of the prophets have been a very unique thing which ultimately have shaped the spirit of western civilization.From Homer’s Iliad and odyssey to Sophocles’s Oedipus the King,different steps of cognition development embodied in ancient Greek literature can be found.Oedipus the King can be regarded as a milestone marking a new stage in the early history of cognition development.