Religion and Rationality, Poetry and Philosophy： In Search of the ＂Axial Breakthrough＂ in Ancient Greece  

作　　者：Hugh Bowden 

机构地区：[1]King's College London, London, UK

出　　处：《Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences》2016年第4期543-554,共12页复旦人文社会科学论丛（英文版）

摘　　要：Axial age theory suggests that a major transformation of thought occurred across several civilisations, including ancient Greece, in the period 800-200 BCE. This paper questions whether any such transformation can be identified in ancient Greece. It focuses on texts associated with ＂mystery religions＂ and the works of Presocratic philosophers as potential evidence for transformation. It demonstrates that there was a continuity of thought throughout the period, and that ＂rationality＂ was never seen to be in conflict with ＂traditional religious ideas＂.

关 键 词：Axial Age RELIGION POETRY Presocratic MYSTERY Greece Herodotus - Parmenides 

分 类 号：B933[哲学宗教—宗教学] K825.1[历史地理—历史学]