首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Despite their many differences of temperament and of literary perspective, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, and Whitman sh
Despite their many differences of temperament and of literary perspective, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, and Whitman sh
admin
2013-11-29
54
问题
Despite their many differences of temperament and of literary perspective, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, and Whitman share certain beliefs. Common to all these writers is their humanistic perspective. Its basic premises are that humans are the spiritual center of the universe and that in them alone is the clue to nature, history, and ultimately the cosmos itself. Without denying outright the existence either of a deity or of brute matter, this perspective nevertheless rejects them as exclusive principles of interpretation and prefers to explain humans and the world in terms of humanity itself. This preference is expressed most clearly in the transcendentalist principle that the structure of the universe literally duplicates the structure of the individual self; therefore, all knowledge begins with self-knowledge.
This common perspective is almost always universalized. Its emphasis is not upon the individual as a particular European or American, but upon the human as universal, freed from the accidents of time, space, birth, and talent. Thus, for Emerson, the "American Scholar" turns out to be simply "Man Thinking;" while, for Whitman, the "Song of Myself" merges imperceptibly into a song of all the "children of Adam," where "every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you".
Also common to all the five writers is the belief that individual virtue and happiness depend upon self-realization, which, in turn, depends upon the harmonious reconciliation of two universal psychological tendencies; first, the self-asserting impulse of the individual to withdraw, to remain unique and separate, and to be responsible only to himself or herself and second, the self-transcending impulse of the individual to embrace the whole world in the experience of a single moment and to know and become one with that world. These conflicting impulses can be seen in the democratic ethic. Democracy advocates individualism, the preservation of the individual’s freedom and self-expression. But the democratic self is torn between the duty to self, which is implied by the concept of liberty, and the duty to society, which is implied by the concepts of equality and fraternity,
A third assumption common to the five writers is that intuition and imagination offer a surer road to truth than does abstract logic or scientific method. It is illustrated by their emphasis upon introspection—their belief that the clue to external nature is to be found in the inner world of individual psychology—and by their interpretation of experience as, in essence, symbolic. Both these stresses presume an organic relationship between the sell and the cosmos of which only intuition and imagination can properly take account. These writers’ faith in the imagination and in themselves as practitioners of imagination led them to conceive of the writer as a seer and enabled them to achieve supreme confidence in their own moral and metaphysical insights. (464 words)
What does the second paragraph intend to convey?
选项
A、The comparison of their individual personalities.
B、The contrast of their individual works.
C、Humanistic perspective exists anywhere, any time.
D、Europe and America are different from the rest of the world in some aspects.
答案
C
解析
universal是“全球性的”之意,等同于C项中的anywhere。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/DjhO777K
0
考博英语
相关试题推荐
Thejudgeremainedsoberdespitethelawyer’sludicrousattempttoprovethedefendant’sinnocence.
Oneofthemajordifferencesbetweenmanandhisclosestlivingrelativeis,ofcourse,thatthechimpanzeehasnotdevelopedth
AndresearcherssaythatlikethoseliteraryromanticsRomeoandJuliet,theymaybeblindtotheconsequencesoftheirquestsf
AndresearcherssaythatlikethoseliteraryromanticsRomeoandJuliet,theymaybeblindtotheconsequencesoftheirquestsf
Fromtheperspectiveofthepoor,itseemsobviousthatthebenefitswouldoutweighthecosts.Thebenefitstopoorpeopleofno
随机试题
证见精神抑郁,胸部闷塞,胁肋胀满,咽中如有物梗塞,吞之不下,咯之不出,苔白腻,脉弦滑。治疗最佳方剂是
患儿,见发热轻微,鼻塞流涕,伴有喷嚏及咳嗽,1~2天出疹,疹色红润,疱浆清亮,根盘红晕不明显,点粒稀疏,此起彼伏,以躯干为多,舌苔薄白,脉浮数。治宜()
高血压病时,细小动脉硬化的病理改变是细动脉壁
货物采购合同的主要内容包括()。
下列各项中,符合会计职业道德“廉洁自律”要求的有()
结算参与人的指定收款账户应当是在中国证监会备案的客户交易结算资金专用存款账户和自有资金专用存款账户,且账户名称与结算参与人名称应当一致。()
韦某等6人与陈某订立书面合伙协议,共同投资开办一家电动玩具厂(其中,陈某投资18万元,韦某等6人共投资30万元),经工商部门核准登记为合伙企业,字号为金星电动玩具厂,陈某为执行合伙企业事务的合伙人。实际经营两年后,经当地群众举报,县国税局稽查局依法检查发现
用于评价企业获利能力的总资产报酬率指标中的“报酬”是指()。
实现可持续发展的重要途径和基本方式是发展循环经济。()
甲、乙二人分别从A、B两地同时出发,相向而行,甲、乙的速度之比是5:4,二人相遇后继续行进,甲到达B地和乙到达A地后都立即沿原路返回,已知二人第二次相遇的地点距第一次相遇的地点50千米,则A、B两地相距()千米。
最新回复
(
0
)