作为西方文化的两大渊源,希腊传统与希伯来传统都在人类的精神历程中留下了深刻的痕迹。二者的互补与融合,构成了现代人对西方文化的总体印象。这一文化的核心问题,我认为是关于人的本质、人的处境和人的归宿的思考。而潜在于人类本性、搅扰着现存秩序、蕴含着未来期望的独特情感——忌妒,也就因此而成为透视西方文化的一个有效焦点。 As two major sources of Western culture, Greek tradition and Hebrew tradition have left deep marks in the spiritual course of mankind. The complementarity and integration of the two constitute the modern people’s overall impression of Western culture. The core issue of this culture, I think, is about human nature, the situation of mankind, and the end of humanity. However, the potential of human nature, disturbing the existing order and containing the unique emotion of expectation in the future - jealousy will therefore become an effective focus of the Western culture.