论人的天性与文学艺术的起源——对亚里士多德诗艺起源理论的另类阐发

On the nature of human beings and the origin of literary art——Another expounding of Aristotle’s theory of poetry origin

亚里士多德认为诗起源于人的两个天性:"摹仿"与"音调感和节奏感"。这个论述深刻地指出了人类意识形态中诗的起源的心理基础。本文首先从人的天性的角度,指出"联系"是确定人存在的根本,并且认为"联系"具体表现为"比喻"和"逻辑"两种基本形态。结合亚里士多德的论述,我们把"摹仿"的天性明确为"比喻"的联系方式,而"音调感和节奏感"的天性对应的则是"逻辑"的联系方式。然后,通过对中西方文化演变历史的比较分析,在过程中展现"逻辑"和"比喻"这两种联系方式的区别与联系。最后,总结了联系与文学艺术的渊源。

Aristode thought that the poem came from such two human natures as imitation and tone sense and rhythm sense, which indicates that the psychological basis of poem origin in human ideology. From the angle of human nature, this paper points out that connection is the basis to ascertain the existence of human beings and that the connection has such two basic forms as metaphor and logic. Combining with the narration of Aristotle, we regard the nature of imitation as connection ways of metaphor. However, tone sense and rhythm sense correspond to the connection ways of logic. Furthermore, by analyzing and comparing historical evolution, of eastern culture with western culture, this paper discusses the difference and association of the two connection ways such as logic and metaphor. Finally, it summarizes the origin of connection and literary art.