意大利文艺复兴时期的赫尔墨斯主义解析

Analysis on Renaissance Hermetism in Italy

赫尔墨斯主义源于古埃及的透特崇拜与古希腊的赫尔墨斯崇拜的杂糅与融合,其教义包含了古埃及、古希腊、犹太教及诺斯替主义的因素。文艺复兴时期的人文主义者出于时代的需要,对赫尔墨斯主义做出了独特的阐释。他们在理论上把赫尔墨斯主义塑造成了古代智慧的代表,认为其中包含着人类社会最为原初的智慧,纯洁宗教、证明基督教的真理以及赞同和实现'人的尊严'的因素。赫尔墨斯的这一形象是文艺复兴'复古运动'的延续和结果,更是在新的历史背景之下,人文主义者试图解决意大利面临的社会问题、重构基督教信仰而进行的一种积极和深刻的思考。此外,它还与当代学者的学术构建有着紧密的联系。

Hermetism originated from the blend and fusion of the cult of Thoth and the cult of Hermes.Its teachings include elements of ancient Egypt,ancient Greece,Judaism and Gnosticism.According to the needs of the times,the humanists of the Renaissance made a unique interpretation of Hermetism.They shaped Hermetism as a representative of ancient wisdom,which was believed to contain the most original wisdom of human society,the purist truth of religion,the proof of Christian truth,and the factors that could testify and realize the theory of'human dignity'.This image of Hermes was a continuation and result of the'revival of the ancient culture'in the Renaissance.It was also a positive and profound thinking in a new historical background,in which humanists tried to use Hermetism to solve the social problems in Italy and Europe,and reconstruct the Christian faith.In addition,it is closely related to the academic construction of contemporary scholars.