民族性格与文艺复兴:论英国诗人历史学家西蒙兹解答罗马难题的学术思路

National Character and Renaissance: Symonds' Academic Approaches to Solve Roman Issues

19世纪中叶的西方史学领域诞生了一部堪称文艺复兴史研究的拓荒之作,即英国诗人历史学家西蒙兹的《意大利文艺复兴》。"新精神"是构建《意大利文艺复兴》框架的思想主轴,它不仅用来说明文艺复兴的精神本质,还成为解答诸多学术难题的钥匙。其中最值得学人思考的便是西蒙兹解答罗马难题的学术思路。

British poet historian Symonds’s Renaissance in Italy was published in the middle of 19th century,and this book was a pioneering works of Renaissance studies.The concept of“new spirit”,the intellectual axis fostering the frame of Renaissance in Italy,not only explores the essence of spirit in Renaissance,but also was used as the key to answer academic problems.Symonds’academic approach to solve Roman issue is worthy to be studied.