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uis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes (1685) 法王 廢除 「南特詔書(shū)」 ? The French Revolution (1789) III. The Background of Neoclassicism: 2. Thinkers of enlightenment: 啟蒙思想家 ? Descartes: Discourse on Method 《 方法論 》 Cogito, ergo sum (I think, therefore I am) 我思故我在 ? Locke: Essay Concerning Human Understanding “Our business here is not to know all things, but those which concern our conduct.” Tabula rasa (blank sheet) 人生來(lái)如 白紙 ? Berkeley: Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge Esse est percipi (To be is to be perceived) 存在就是被覺(jué)知 ? 英 Newton, 荷 Spinoza (Ethics 、 泛神論 ), 德 Leibnitz (La Monadologie 、樂(lè)觀論 ), 法 Pascal (Pensees 《 思想集 》 ) “Man is but a reed, the weakest thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed” 會(huì)思考的蘆葦 III. The Background of Neoclassicism: 3. Deism (理神論 ) : God is but like a watchmaker. 上帝如錶匠 4. Optimism (樂(lè)觀論 ) : This is the best of all possible worlds. 此世界最佳 5. The rise of the middle class and the novel 中產(chǎn)階級(jí)興起、小說(shuō)興起 6. The “Ancients and Moderns” dispute 「 古今之爭(zhēng)」 IV. The Neoclassical Genres: 新古典的文類 – The epigram (警句 ), the essay (散文 ), the epistle (letter) 信札 – The epic (史詩(shī) ), edy (喜劇 ), tragedy (悲劇 ), early novel (早期小說(shuō) ) – The mockepic (效嘲史詩(shī) ), satire (諷刺文 ), philosophical tale (哲學(xué)故事 ), didactic poetry (教化詩(shī) ) – Fables (寓言 ), maxims (