2015考研英语阅读追求永生
<p> <span word="For">For</span> <span word="ever">ever</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="ever">ever</span></p><p> 追求永生</p><p> <span word="Immortality">Immortality</span>: <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Quest">Quest</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Live">Live</span> <span word="Forever">Forever</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="How">How</span> <span word="ItDrives">ItDrives</span> <span word="Civilisation">Civilisation</span>.</p><p> 《永生：对长命百岁的追求及这是如何影响文明》</p><p> <span word="IMMORTALITY">IMMORTALITY</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="age">age</span>-<span word="old">old</span> <span word="obsession">obsession</span>. <span word="Plentyof">Plentyof</span> <span word="literature">literature</span> <span word="deals">deals</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="subject">subject</span>, <span word="from">from</span> <span word="theSumerian">theSumerian</span> <span word="Epic">Epic</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Gilgamish">Gilgamish</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="poems">poems</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Homerand">Homerand</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="writings">writings</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Old">Old</span> <span word="Testament">Testament</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="quest">quest</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="live">live</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="ever">ever</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="motivated">motivated</span> <span word="medievalalchemists">medievalalchemists</span>, <span word="modern">modern</span> <span word="techno">techno</span>-<span word="Utopians">Utopians</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="mystics">mystics</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="centuries">centuries</span>.</p><p> 永生是人们亘古不变的追求。不论是苏美尔人的《《吉尔迦美什史诗》，还是荷马的诗歌，亦或是《旧约》，大量的文学作品都以此为主题。历经了数个世纪，人们都追求着永生，这种观点激励着中世纪炼金术士，现代的技术乌托邦主义者，神秘主义者。</p><p> <span word="In">In</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="survey">survey</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="subject">subject</span>, <span word="Stephen">Stephen</span> <span word="Cave">Cave</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="British">British</span> <span word="philosopher">philosopher</span>, <span word="argues">argues</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="mansvarious">mansvarious</span> <span word="tales">tales</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="immortality">immortality</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="boiled">boiled</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="four">four</span> <span word="basic">basic</span> <span word="narratives">narratives</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="thesimplest">thesimplest</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="theory">theory</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="least">least</span>: <span word="do">do</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="medieval">medieval</span> <span word="alchemists">alchemists</span> <span word="never">never</span> <span word="managed">managed</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="discoveran">discoveran</span> <span word="elixir">elixir</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="simply">simply</span> <span word="avoid">avoid</span> <span word="dying">dying</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="concerns">concerns</span> <span word="resurrection">resurrection</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="coming">coming</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="afterdying">afterdying</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="belief">belief</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Abrahamic">Abrahamic</span> <span word="religions">religions</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="idea">idea</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="immaterial">immaterial</span> <span word="soulthat">soulthat</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="persist">persist</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="death">death</span> <span word="dates">dates</span> <span word="back">back</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="formal">formal</span> <span word="form">form</span>, <span word="at">at</span> <span word="least">least</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Plato">Plato</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="forms">forms</span> <span word="MrCaves">MrCaves</span> <span word="third">third</span> <span word="narrative">narrative</span>. <span word="His">His</span> <span word="fourth">fourth</span> <span word="narrative">narrative</span> <span word="deals">deals</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="immortality">immortality</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="achievement">achievement</span>,<span word="by">by</span> <span word="becoming">becoming</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="famous">famous</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="ones">ones</span> <span word="name">name</span> <span word="lives">lives</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ages">ages</span>.</p>
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