第71节
【】departed.”thedifference
betereesayitbeautifullyandothersdo
not,andtheyorebeautifullythanotherssurvive.
thelyriakesitpossibleforustardliteratureasa
refleanssoul,andtardanationsliteratureastherefleans
spiritinthatnation.foriflifeybeparedtecity,ansay
beregardedasthehecity.inreadinga
nshisgarretainaviewof
lifeastheountainpeaksliningthehorizon,
andthealleye,butthatgarretviewof
thecityisindividualistidpeculiarlyhisoionsliteraturewe
arethereforebuttryingtogetagliseoflifeasthebestndsofthatnatio
andastheyexpressitthroughtheiroediu
iinguageandthought
theaediuortheeselanguage,haslargely
deterhepeentofeseliterature.byparisonhthe
europeanlanguagesitispossibletotrahofthepeculiaritiesofese
thoughtandliteratureareduesilytotheirpossessionofasocallednosyllabic
language.thefactthattheesespokeinsyllableslikegyg>gwas
appallinginnsequeerheterofthe
eseing,andtheteroftheeseingbroughtaboutthentinuity
oftheliteraryheritageandthereforeeveninflueheisfese
thought.itentofaliterarylanguagequite
distinadeleaingdifficultand
eddirectly
iofuliaritiesofeseliterarystyle.
everynationhasdevelopedaostsuitabletoitslanguage.europedidnot
developaingonpictorialprinausethephoitureof
indogernicparativeprofusionofnsonantsand
infinitelyvariablebinations,requiredananalyticalphabet,ahe
representationofthese
ofideographsuldbeusedalone,andithecaseofese,
hepictorialprinciplebythephoiciplebeforeit
uldhaveanyiortantdevelopnt.theseelentarypictographshenused
inbinationspurelyfortheirphoicvalue,andactuallyhsoftheover
fortythousandtersinesediariesarebuiltontheprincipleofphoic
bination,haboutthirteenhundredideographsasphois.ha
nosyllabiguage,suchastheese,fourhundred
syllabiationsnotuntioneslikeg9g,g,thisuld
suffice.butaniguagetheiionofanebolfor
everynebinationlikeschladkraftingernor
shed,scraped,splashandscalpelinenglishpossible
task.theeselanguagefailedtodevelopaphoiriptintheesense
bebolsuldsuffice.hadtheese
beed.ngalanguageanschladkraftorthe
englishshedandscalpel,theyy,ieda
phoiriptlongago.
theperfectadjustonosyllabiguageaen
tersbeeasilydeplain.thelanguageisterizedbyagreatsity
ofsyllabisandnsequentlyagreatnuerofhonyorhe
sasound.thesoundpaooveradozenthings:”apaarry
”ach,””abubble,”ettorialprincipleitedin
applicationtohingsoras,andplicated,theinalspurelyphoicvalueand
”borroesound.happehenhat
thereoreorlessfixedinthe
handynasty,berofsuch”bdifferent
things.yforcedtheesetoaddasigncalled”radical”toindicatethe
classofideashisparticulareoreferto.
theuseofphoicsyolstooexadhencehefollowing
odeese,alltenh
theinal”package”signgj,butealasssignorradical,as
thuspaoplusa”hand”radieanstorun,plus
”eansagoeansach,plus”er”
ansabubble,plus”fire”ansfirekers,plusa”fish”ansthenaofafish,
plus”flesh”anstheb,plus”stone”ansaouth”ansto
roar,plus”grass”ansafloeanshail,plusa”knife”ansto
sofhony.
butsupposetheprobleny,supposetheeselanguagehad
heenglishsratalpel,orsupposetheenglishpeople
startedouthabasitureforscap,theyed
equallybyytodistinguishbethesoundsape,orbetween
srape,orbetd
theresultuldnothavebeenanythingexceptanalphabethsignstodenotes,r,
edt},p,.hadtheesedohistheytoo,and
nsequentlyhavehadareeracy.
given,therefore,thenosyllabiteroftheeselanguage,itost
iablethatpiharactersalonehasprofoundlyged
theterandpositionofleaingina.bytheirverynaturetheese
tersare
...
betereesayitbeautifullyandothersdo
not,andtheyorebeautifullythanotherssurvive.
thelyriakesitpossibleforustardliteratureasa
refleanssoul,andtardanationsliteratureastherefleans
spiritinthatnation.foriflifeybeparedtecity,ansay
beregardedasthehecity.inreadinga
nshisgarretainaviewof
lifeastheountainpeaksliningthehorizon,
andthealleye,butthatgarretviewof
thecityisindividualistidpeculiarlyhisoionsliteraturewe
arethereforebuttryingtogetagliseoflifeasthebestndsofthatnatio
andastheyexpressitthroughtheiroediu
iinguageandthought
theaediuortheeselanguage,haslargely
deterhepeentofeseliterature.byparisonhthe
europeanlanguagesitispossibletotrahofthepeculiaritiesofese
thoughtandliteratureareduesilytotheirpossessionofasocallednosyllabic
language.thefactthattheesespokeinsyllableslikegyg>gwas
appallinginnsequeerheterofthe
eseing,andtheteroftheeseingbroughtaboutthentinuity
oftheliteraryheritageandthereforeeveninflueheisfese
thought.itentofaliterarylanguagequite
distinadeleaingdifficultand
eddirectly
iofuliaritiesofeseliterarystyle.
everynationhasdevelopedaostsuitabletoitslanguage.europedidnot
developaingonpictorialprinausethephoitureof
indogernicparativeprofusionofnsonantsand
infinitelyvariablebinations,requiredananalyticalphabet,ahe
representationofthese
ofideographsuldbeusedalone,andithecaseofese,
hepictorialprinciplebythephoiciplebeforeit
uldhaveanyiortantdevelopnt.theseelentarypictographshenused
inbinationspurelyfortheirphoicvalue,andactuallyhsoftheover
fortythousandtersinesediariesarebuiltontheprincipleofphoic
bination,haboutthirteenhundredideographsasphois.ha
nosyllabiguage,suchastheese,fourhundred
syllabiationsnotuntioneslikeg9g,g,thisuld
suffice.butaniguagetheiionofanebolfor
everynebinationlikeschladkraftingernor
shed,scraped,splashandscalpelinenglishpossible
task.theeselanguagefailedtodevelopaphoiriptintheesense
bebolsuldsuffice.hadtheese
beed.ngalanguageanschladkraftorthe
englishshedandscalpel,theyy,ieda
phoiriptlongago.
theperfectadjustonosyllabiguageaen
tersbeeasilydeplain.thelanguageisterizedbyagreatsity
ofsyllabisandnsequentlyagreatnuerofhonyorhe
sasound.thesoundpaooveradozenthings:”apaarry
”ach,””abubble,”ettorialprincipleitedin
applicationtohingsoras,andplicated,theinalspurelyphoicvalueand
”borroesound.happehenhat
thereoreorlessfixedinthe
handynasty,berofsuch”bdifferent
things.yforcedtheesetoaddasigncalled”radical”toindicatethe
classofideashisparticulareoreferto.
theuseofphoicsyolstooexadhencehefollowing
odeese,alltenh
theinal”package”signgj,butealasssignorradical,as
thuspaoplusa”hand”radieanstorun,plus
”eansagoeansach,plus”er”
ansabubble,plus”fire”ansfirekers,plusa”fish”ansthenaofafish,
plus”flesh”anstheb,plus”stone”ansaouth”ansto
roar,plus”grass”ansafloeanshail,plusa”knife”ansto
sofhony.
butsupposetheprobleny,supposetheeselanguagehad
heenglishsratalpel,orsupposetheenglishpeople
startedouthabasitureforscap,theyed
equallybyytodistinguishbethesoundsape,orbetween
srape,orbetd
theresultuldnothavebeenanythingexceptanalphabethsignstodenotes,r,
edt},p,.hadtheesedohistheytoo,and
nsequentlyhavehadareeracy.
given,therefore,thenosyllabiteroftheeselanguage,itost
iablethatpiharactersalonehasprofoundlyged
theterandpositionofleaingina.bytheirverynaturetheese
tersare
...