上海交通大学：《欧洲文化导论》课程教学资源_论崇高-Cassius Longinus 朗吉纳斯-节选

Cassius Longinus朗吉纳斯 life,ca.AD 3 century,an Syrian officer of the Syrian Queen ·On the Sublime论崇高 。Sublime/loftiness Briefly comment on the excerpt that follows

Cassius Longinus 朗吉纳斯 • life, ca. AD 3 century, an Syrian officer of the Syrian Queen • On the Sublime 论崇高 • Sublime/loftiness • Briefly comment on the excerpt that follows

From On the Sublime by Cassius Longinus朗吉纳斯 Translated by W.Rhys Roberts --XIll [To return from my digression.Although Plato thus flows on with noiseless stream,he is none the less elevated.You know this because you have read the Republic and are familiar with his manner.'Those,'says he,'who are destitute of wisdom and goodness and are ever present at carousels [kaera'selz] 喧闹的酒会and the like are carried on the downward path,it seems,and wander thus throughout their life.They never look upwards to the truth,nor do they lift their heads,nor enjoy any pure and lasting pleasure,but like cattle they have their eyes ever cast downwards and bent upon the ground and upon their feeding-places,and they graze and grow fat and breed,and through (as a result of)their insatiate desire of these delights they kick and butt with horns and hoofs of iron and kill one another in their greed

From On the Sublime by Cassius Longinus 朗吉纳斯 Translated by W. Rhys Roberts --XIII • [To return from my digression.] Although Plato thus flows on with noiseless stream, he is none the less elevated. You know this because you have read the Republic and are familiar with his manner. 'Those, ' says he, 'who are destitute of wisdom and goodness and are ever present at carousels [ˌ kærəˈselz] 喧闹的酒会and the like are carried on the downward path, it seems, and wander thus throughout their life. They never look upwards to the truth, nor do they lift their heads, nor enjoy any pure and lasting pleasure, but like cattle they have their eyes ever cast downwards and bent upon the ground and upon their feeding-places, and they graze and grow fat and breed, and through（as a result of）their insatiate desire of these delights they kick and butt with horns and hoofs of iron and kill one another in their greed…’