Toegye was the greatest Neo-Confucianist during the Chosun dynasty. He recognized that everything is composed of Li(理, principle) and Chi(氣, material force). According to him, the Li connotes God [the Maker] as well, therefore all things are even divine. Like him, William Blake declared ‘everything that lives is holy’, and ‘we [all creatures] live as One Man. In a biological sense, man’s every organ has its unique function, but all of them compose one body. It might be very similar to the world of the universe and nature. So there must be the common elements between man and all the natural things. For example, there are many common genes between man and tree. More than 90% of their genes have same ingredients. Blake regarded Jesus as the ideal One Man who is a human being as well as God. Because he maintained that anyone of the fourfold vision (the highest level of imagination) can achieve oneness with God. In order to realize this phenomenon there must be some awakening in mind. Toegye calls it the seriousness(敬, discreetness, awe, awakening), and Blake also mentioned that man can perceive it through imagination. These seriousness and imagination of Toegye and Blake can originate in the love for all nature. And the true affection for ‘now and here’ means the love for the eternity. Therefore Toegye said that the whole universe is one family. Related with this, Blake declared that ‘Eternity is in love with the productions of time.’ But there is some difference between them. While Toegye’s seriousness connotes the divinity of the universe’s principle, Blake’s imagination is linked with God. In spite of their differences they all recognized the whole creation as one family. Their thoughts can help us to restore today’s contaminated environment.
목차
I. 서론 II. 본론 1. 퇴계의 '敬’ 2. 윌리엄 블레이크의 상상(력) III. 결론 Works Cited ABSTRACT
한국중앙영어영문학회 [The Jungang English Language And Literature Association Of Korea]
설립연도
1968
분야
인문학>영어와문학
소개
본 학회는 영미어문학의 학술연구와 이에 부합하는 아래의 사업을 기획 수행하며,
또한 회원 상호간의 친목을 도모함을 목적으로 한다.
1. 학회지 발간
2. 연구 발표회, 강연회, 공동연구
3. 영미어문학 관련 도서출판
4. 영미어문학 관계 도서 및 자료의 모집 및 비치
5. 기타 본회의 목적 달성에 필요한 사업
간행물
간행물명
영어영문학연구 [The Jungang Journal of English Language and Literature]