城邦情结对古希腊文明的影响

The influence of city-state complex for ancient Greek civilization

古希腊人认为城邦制是惟一适宜的国家形式,他们对自己的城邦情有独钟。古希腊人衷心热爱自己的城邦,为城邦浴血奋战,为城邦的发展献计献策,古希腊文明也在城邦制下达到鼎盛,可以说城邦情结为希腊文明的繁荣提供了不竭动力。然而,古希腊人的城邦情结十分狭隘,仅限于本城邦之内,对于同族的其他城邦公民要么视为非同类的异邦人,要么视为对立的仇敌,这一狭隘性使城邦情结成为古希腊民族走向统一的障碍。

The ancient Greeks regarded city-state system as the only appropriate national form, and they had a special emotion to their own city-state. They love their city-states sincerely, fought for her and tried their best for the development of the state. In the city-state system, the ancient Greek civilization reached its peak, so the city-state complex offered inexhaustible force for the prosperity of Greek civilization. However the city-state complex of the ancient Greeks is very narrow, which is limited within the state, and the citizens of the other city-states were considered as gentiles or enemies, so the city-states complex became a barrier to the ancient Greek national unification.