The Historical Background-2
Plato recognized the greatness of this strange new pupil from the supposedly barbarian north, and spoke of him once as the Nous of the Academy, —as if to say, Intelligence personified.?
Nous，精神
Aristotle had spent money lavishly in the collection of books (that is, in those printless days, manuscripts);?
lavishly，大方的，奢華的
he was the first, after Euripides, to gather together a library;?
and the foundation of the principles of library classification was among his many contributions to scholarship.?
scholarship，學(xué)者精神
Therefore Plato spoke of Aristotle's home as "the house of the reader," and seems to have meant the sincerest compliment;?
but some ancient gossip will have it that the Master intended a sly but vigorous dig at a certain bookwormishness in Aristotle.
bookwormishness，書蟲
A more authentic quarrel seems to have arisen towards the end of Plato's life.?
Our ambitious youth apparently developed an "?dipus complex" against his spiritual father for the favors and affections of philosophy, and began to hint that wisdom would not die with Plato;?
?dipus complex，俄狄浦斯情結(jié)
while the old sage spoke of his pupil as a foal that kicks his mother after draining her dry.?
foal，小馬駒
The learned Zeller, in whose pages Aristotle almost achieves the Nirvana of respectability, would have us reject these stories;?
Nirvana，涅槃
but we may presume that where there is still so much smoke there was once a flame.
▍語言點(diǎn)
speak of sb. as...: 稱某人為……
nous: n. 精神；心靈
lavishly: adv. 奢華地；浪費(fèi)地
Euripides: 歐里庇得斯，公元前480 - 406，民主政治衰落時期的悲劇詩人，哲學(xué)家。
scholarship: n. 學(xué)者精神
compliment: n. 稱贊；褒揚(yáng)
gossip: n. 小道新聞；八卦
sly: adj. 狡猾的
vigorous: adj. 有力的；猛烈的
bookwormishness: n. 書蟲，含貶義
?dipus complex: 俄狄浦斯情結(jié)，孩子親母反父的復(fù)合情結(jié)。大部分人多多少少都會在某一年齡段有戀母情結(jié)，而在兒童時期幾乎所有人都有戀母情結(jié)。
foal: n. 小馬駒
Nirvana: n. 涅槃
生詞好句
spoke of him once as?speak of sb. as...: 稱某人為……
Nous?nous: n. 精神；心靈
lavishly?adv. 奢華地；浪費(fèi)地
Euripides?歐里庇得斯，公元前480 - 406，民主政治衰落時期的悲劇詩人，哲學(xué)家。
scholarship?scholarship: n. 學(xué)者精神
compliment?n. 稱贊；褒揚(yáng)
gossip?n. 小道新聞；八卦
sly?adj. 狡猾的
vigorous?adj. 有力的；猛烈的
bookwormishness?n. 書蟲（含貶義）
?dipus complex?俄狄浦斯情結(jié)，孩子親母反父的復(fù)合情結(jié)。大部分人多多少少都會在某一年齡段有戀母情結(jié)，而在兒童時期幾乎所有人都有戀母情結(jié)。
foal?n. 小馬駒
Nirvana?n. 涅槃
