Pre-Renaissance
文藝復興前的時期
They use it as in pejorative way or
這是個貶義詞嗎
See this is one of the things I wanna fix next time is that what happens
所以這是我想澄清的一件事
basically, you know, if there's one overriding thing we can say about Roman
一個很重要的瑞羅馬文明的評論
civilization is what
是什么
It's a class of failure
是一種失敗
If it wasn't, it'd still be here
如果不是的話,那它現在還應該存在
Alright
對嗎
And so for Europe to develop, and our culture traditionally is based on
所以歐洲要發展,我們的文化傳統也是建立在
European patterns
歐洲模式上的
For Europe to develop, Europe had to start over and be itself So whatever
歐洲要發展的話,必須從頭開始并堅持自我
civilization does just like when the Romans defeated the Greeks
羅馬打敗希臘,這對文明有何意義
What'd they do
他們是怎么做的
They took what they like in Greek culture and they rest they left And so
他們對希臘文化批判性地吸收
what's gonna happen in 476, you know, with the final defeat of the Roman
所以在476年,羅馬帝國最終失敗
Empire, actually by the Romans call them Marminius, the Germans call them
羅馬人稱之為Marminius 德國人稱之為
Herman the German Some of you who came from Central Missouri, Herman
赫爾曼德國,你們中的一些人是密蘇里州中部來的
Missouri is named after Herman the German
赫爾曼密蘇里州是命名于赫爾曼德國
We're gonna start this period where we're gonna talk about this more in detail
我們對這個時期會有更詳細的討論
They call the Dark Ages
人們稱之為黑暗時代
And this is a label some quote enlightened historians in the late 1700s apply
這來源于18世紀末期的開明的歷史學家
to this period because they have the view that history was some kind of
因為他們的觀點是
straight line of development
歷史是直線發展的
I don't know if any of you when you had IDS had to do a lifeline You know it'
我不知道你們中有沒有人曾有過標識系統,需要生命線
kinda silly when you're 17 you know like you have a perspective of what's
在你17歲的時候,這感覺很傻,因為當時你感覺
important and not
自己知道什么重要什么不重要
But you know most of us do our do our lives go like that
但是我們的生活真的會像那樣發生嗎
You know, not trying to be mean or anything else but you know, when I got
我告訴你們這個故事并沒有惡意
divorced from my daughter's mother, that was kind of the best and worst day in my life
當我和我前妻離婚的時候,那真的是我生活中最好的也是最壞的一天
No no, you know I mean up to that point because because there was a really
我的意思是起碼到那時候為止
positive for me in a sense but there's also a real negative, and you know and
因為那樣真的對我是解脫,但是也有不好之處
so the idea of everything just goes "Zing " If you're lucky, you will
就像是所有的事情都不受控制,如果你走運,就是走運
And so but history doesn't go like that either like that either, and so for Europe
但是歷史卻不是那樣的
to become Europe, we had to start over
所以如果要讓歐洲重歸自我,我們必須重新來過
And your point is right
所以你的觀點是對的