Atlantis: The Antedeluvian World — Page 3
If these propositions can be proved, they will solve many problems which now perplex mankind; they will confirm in many respects the statements in the opening chapters of Genesis; they will widen the area of human history; they will explain the remarkable resemblances which exist between the ancient civilizations found upon the opposite shores of the Atlantic Ocean, in the old and new worlds; and they will aid us to rehabilitate the fathers of our civilization, our blood, and our fundamental ideas-the men who lived, loved, and labored ages before the Aryans descended upon India, or the Phoenician had settled in Syria, or the Goth had reached the shores of the Baltic.
もしこれらの命題が証明されるならば、それらは現在人類を悩ませている多くの問題を解決するであろう。それらは創世記の冒頭の章における記述を多くの点で確認するであろう。それらは人類の歴史の領域を広げるであろう。それらは大西洋の対岸、すなわち旧世界と新世界に見出される古代文明の間に存在する著しい類似点を説明するであろう。そしてそれらは、我々の文明、我々の血統、そして我々の根本的な思想の祖先たち――アーリア人がインドに降り立つ以前、フェニキア人がシリアに定住する以前、ゴート人がバルト海の岸辺に達する以前の時代に生き、愛し、労働した人々――を復権させる助けとなるであろう。
The fact that the story of Atlantis was for thousands of years regarded as a fable proves nothing.
アトランティスの物語が何千年もの間、寓話として見なされてきたという事実は、何も証明しない。
There is an unbelief which grows out of ignorance, as well as a scepticism which is born of intelligence.
知性から生まれる懐疑論があるように、無知から生まれる不信仰というものもある。
The people nearest to the past are not always those who are best informed concerning the past.
過去に最も近い人々が、必ずしも過去について最もよく知っているとは限らない。
For a thousand years it was believed that the legends of the buried cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum were myths: they were spoken of as "the fabulous cities."
千年もの間、ポンペイとヘルクラネウムの埋もれた都市の伝説は神話であると信じられていた。それらは「伝説の都市」として語られていた。
For a thousand years the educated world did not credit the accounts given by Herodotus of the wonders of the ancient civilizations of the Nile and of Chaldea.
千年もの間、教養ある世界は、ナイル川とカルデアの古代文明の驚異についてヘロドトスが記した記述を信用しなかった。
He was called "the father of liars."
彼は「嘘つきの父」と呼ばれた。
Even Plutarch sneered at him.
プルタルコスでさえ、彼を嘲笑した。
Vocabulary
- もし
- moshi — If; used to introduce a conditional hypothesis
- これら
- korera — These things; plural demonstrative pronoun
- の
- no — Possessive or nominalizing particle
- 命題
- meidai — Proposition; thesis or stated claim
- が
- ga — Subject-marking particle
- 証明
- shōmei — Proof; act of demonstrating something is true
- れる
- reru — Passive verb ending; to be done
- なら
- nara — If; conditional particle expressing supposition
- ば
- ba — Conditional particle meaning if or when
- それら
- sorera — Those things; plural demonstrative pronoun
- は
- wa — Topic-marking particle
- 現在
- genzai — Present time; currently; the present day
- 人類
- jinrui — Humanity; all of humankind collectively
- を
- wo — Object-marking particle
- 悩ま
- nayama — Stem of 悩む; to trouble or afflict
- て
- te — Te-form conjunctive particle connecting verbs
- いる
- iru — To be; indicates ongoing state or action
- 多く
- ōku — Many; a large number or quantity
- 問題
- mondai — Problem; issue or question requiring resolution
- 解決
- kaiketsu — Solution; resolving a problem or issue
- する
- suru — To do; general-purpose action verb
- で
- de — Copular or locative particle
- あろう
- arō — Volitional form of ある; probably will be
- 創世記
- Sōseiki — Book of Genesis; first book of the Bible
- 冒頭
- bōtō — Opening; beginning part of a text or speech
- 章
- shō — Chapter; a section of a book or text
- に
- ni — Directional or locative particle
- おける
- okeru — In; at; concerning a particular context
- 記述
- kijutsu — Description; written account or record
- 点
- ten — Point; aspect or specific detail
- 確認
- kakunin — Confirmation; verifying that something is correct
- 歴史
- rekishi — History; the recorded past of events
- 領域
- ryōiki — Domain; field or area of knowledge
- 広げる
- hirogeru — To expand; to widen or broaden a range
- 大西洋
- Taiseiyō — The Atlantic Ocean
- 対岸
- taigan — Opposite shore; the other side of a body of water
- すなわち
- sunawachi — That is; namely; in other words
- 旧
- kyū — Old; former; previous or ancient
- 世界
- sekai — World; the entire globe or a realm
- と
- to — And; with; quotation particle
- 新
- shin — New; recent or newly established
- 見出さ
- miidasa — Stem of 見出す; to find or discover
- 古代
- kodai — Ancient times; antiquity or the distant past
- 文明
- bunmei — Civilization; an advanced human society
- 間
- aida / ma — Between; among; interval of space or time
- 存在
- sonzai — Existence; the fact of existing or being
- 著しい
- ichijirushii — Remarkable; striking or notably significant
- 類似点
- ruijiten — Similarity; point of resemblance between things
- 説明
- setsumei — Explanation; clarifying or describing something
- そして
- soshite — And then; furthermore; connecting ideas
- 我々
- wareware — We; us; first-person plural pronoun
- 血統
- kettō — Lineage; bloodline or ancestral descent
- 根本的
- konponteki — Fundamental; basic or foundational in nature
- な
- na — Adjectival particle linking na-adjectives to nouns
- 思想
- shisō — Thought; ideology or philosophical idea
- 祖先
- sosen — Ancestors; forebears or progenitors
- たち
- tachi — Plural suffix for people or animate beings
- 人
- jin / hito — Person; people or a human being
- インド
- Indo — India; the South Asian country
- 降り立つ
- oritатsu — To step down onto; to alight or land
- 以前
- izen — Before; previously; prior to a point in time
- 定住
- teijū — Settlement; settling down in a fixed location
- 海
- umi — Sea; ocean or large body of saltwater
- 岸辺
- kishibe — Shoreline; the edge or bank of water
- 達する
- tassuru — To reach; to arrive at a place or level
- 時代
- jidai — Era; age or period in history
- 生き
- iki — Stem of 生きる; to live or be alive
- 愛し
- aishi — Stem of 愛する; to love or cherish
- 労働
- rōdō — Labor; work or toil performed by people
- し
- shi — Conjunctive form of する; did or doing
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary verb suffix
- 人々
- hitobito — People; plural form referring to many persons
- 復権
- fukken — Restoration of rights; rehabilitation or reinstatement
- せる
- seru — Causative verb ending; to make someone do
- 助け
- tasuke — Help; assistance or aid given to someone
- なる
- naru — To become; to turn into something
- 物語
- monogatari — Story; tale or narrative account
- 何千
- nanzen — Thousands; many thousands of something
- 年
- nen — Year; a unit of time measurement
- も
- mo — Also; even; as many as
- 寓話
- gūwa — Fable; allegory conveying a moral lesson
- して
- shite — Te-form of する; doing and connecting clauses
- 見なさ
- minasa — Stem of 見なす; to regard or consider as
- いう
- iu — To say; to be called or referred to as
- 事実
- jijitsu — Fact; something known to be true
- 何
- nani / nan — What; something; an unspecified thing
- ない
- nai — Negative ending; does not exist or is not
- 知性
- chisei — Intellect; intelligence or rational thinking ability
- から
- kara — From; because; starting point particle
- 生まれる
- umareru — To be born; to arise or originate from
- 懐疑論
- kaigairon — Skepticism; philosophical doubt about knowledge claims
- ある
- aru — To exist; there is; to have
- よう
- yō — Seems like; manner or appearance of something
- 無知
- muchi — Ignorance; lack of knowledge or awareness
- 不信仰
- fushinkō — Lack of faith; irreligion or disbelief
- もの
- mono — Thing; person or entity (nominalizer)
- 過去
- kako — The past; previous times or history
- 最も
- mottomo — Most; the highest degree of something
- 近い
- chikai — Close; near in distance, time, or relation
- 必ずしも
- kanarazushimo — Not necessarily; not always the case
- ついて
- tsuite — About; concerning; regarding a topic
- よく
- yoku — Well; often; thoroughly or frequently
- 知っ
- shit- — Stem of 知る; to know or be aware of
- 限ら
- kagira — Stem of 限る; to be limited or restricted to
- 千
- sen — One thousand; the number 1000
- 埋もれ
- umore — Stem of 埋もれる; to be buried or submerged
- 都市
- toshi — City; an urban settlement or metropolis
- 伝説
- densetsu — Legend; traditional story passed down through generations
- 神話
- shinwa — Myth; ancient story involving gods or heroes
- 信じ
- shinji — Stem of 信じる; to believe or trust
- られ
- rare — Passive or potential verb suffix
- 語ら
- katara — Stem of 語る; to tell or narrate a story
- 教養
- kyōyō — Culture; refinement or liberal arts education
- 川
- kawa — River; a flowing body of fresh water
- 驚異
- kyōi — Marvel; wonder or astonishing phenomenon
- 記し
- shirushi — Stem of 記す; to write down or record
- 信用
- shinyō — Trust; credibility or confidence in someone
- なかっ
- nakatt- — Past negative stem; was not or did not
- 彼
- kare — He; him; third-person male pronoun
- 嘘つき
- usotsuki — Liar; a person who tells falsehoods
- 父
- chichi — Father; male parent
- 呼ば
- yoba — Stem of 呼ぶ; to call or name someone
- さえ
- sae — Even; as far as; emphatic particle
- 嘲笑
- chōshō — Ridicule; mockery or scornful laughter
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