Leviathan — Page 7
OF DAEMONOLOGY, AND OTHER RELIQUES OF THE RELIGION OF THE GENTILES
悪魔学について、および異教徒の宗教の他の遺物について
46. OF DARKNESSE FROM VAINE PHILOSOPHY, AND FABULOUS TRADITIONS
46. 空虚な哲学および荒唐無稽な伝承から生じる暗黒について
47. OF THE BENEFIT PROCEEDING FROM SUCH DARKNESSE; AND TO WHOM IT ACCREWETH
47. そのような暗黒から生じる利益について、およびそれが誰に蓄積されるかについて
48. A REVIEW AND CONCLUSION
48. 総括と結論
THE INTRODUCTION
序文
Nature (the art whereby God hath made and governes the world) is by the art of man, as in many other things, so in this also imitated, that it can make an Artificial Animal.
自然(神が世界を創り支配する技術)は、人間の技術によって、他の多くのことと同様に、この点においても模倣されており、人工的な動物を作ることができる。
For seeing life is but a motion of Limbs, the begining whereof is in some principall part within; why may we not say, that all Automata (Engines that move themselves by springs and wheeles as doth a watch) have an artificiall life?
なぜなら、生命とは四肢の運動に過ぎず、その始まりは内部のある主要な部分にあるのだから、すべての自動機械(時計のようにぜんまいと歯車によって自ら動く機械)が人工的な生命を持つと言えないだろうか。
For what is the Heart, but a Spring; and the Nerves, but so many Strings; and the Joynts, but so many Wheeles, giving motion to the whole Body, such as was intended by the Artificer?
なぜなら、心臓はぜんまいに他ならず、神経は無数の糸に他ならず、関節は無数の歯車に他ならず、それらが造物主の意図した通りに身体全体に運動を与えているのではないか。
Art goes yet further, imitating that Rationall and most excellent worke of Nature, Man.
技術はさらに進み、自然の最も理性的で卓越した作品である人間を模倣する。
Vocabulary
- 悪魔学
- akumagaku — Study of demons or demonology
- について
- ni tsuite — Regarding; concerning; about; on the subject of
- および
- oyobi — And; as well as; in addition to
- 異教徒
- ikyōto — Heretic; non-believer; person of different faith
- 宗教
- shūkyō — Religion; religious belief system or practice
- 遺物
- ibutsu — Relic; remains; artifact from past period
- 空虚
- kūkyo — Emptiness; void; vacant or hollow state
- 哲学
- tetsugaku — Philosophy; study of fundamental nature of reality
- 荒唐無稽
- kōtōmukei — Preposterous; absurd; utterly ridiculous or nonsensical
- 伝承
- densō — Tradition; oral transmission; inherited custom or practice
- から
- kara — From; since; because; indicating origin or reason
- 生じる
- shōjiru — To arise; occur; originate; come into being
- 暗黒
- ankoku — Darkness; obscurity; murky or pitch-black state
- そのような
- sono yō na — Such; that kind of; like that; similar
- 利益
- rieki — Profit; benefit; gain; advantage or interest
- それ
- sore — It; that; that thing; that one
- 蓄積
- chikuseki — Accumulation; buildup; gathering or storing up
- される
- sareru — Passive form of suru; to be done; undergoes action
- 総括
- sōkatsu — Summary; conclusion; general review or overview
- 結論
- ketsuron — Conclusion; final decision; ending summary or result
- 序文
- jomun — Preface; introduction; preamble to main text
- 自然
- shizen — Nature; natural; spontaneous; self-evident or obvious
- 世界
- sekai — World; universe; earth; realm or sphere
- 創り
- tsukuri — Creating; making; building; construction or formation
- 支配
- shihai — Rule; control; dominion; govern or dominate
- する
- suru — To do; to make; to perform; auxiliary verb
- 技術
- gijutsu — Technique; technology; skill; method or craft
- 人間
- ningen — Human being; person; humanity; mankind collectively
- によって
- ni yotte — By; through; by means of; indicating agent
- 多く
- ōku — Many; much; large quantity; majority or most
- こと
- koto — Thing; matter; fact; event; occasion; act
- 同様
- dōyō — Same; similar; alike; in the same manner
- この
- kono — This; this one; these; present or current
- において
- ni oite — In; at; within; indicating location or context
- 模倣
- mohō — Imitation; mimicry; copying; emulating or imitating
- されており
- sarete ori — Being done; is being; is continuing to be
- 人工的
- jinkōteki — Artificial; man-made; synthetic; created by humans
- 動物
- dōbutsu — Animal; beast; creature; living organism other humans
- 作る
- tsukuru — To make; to create; to build; to produce
- できる
- dekiru — Can; able to; possible; capable of doing
- なぜなら
- nazenara — Because; for the reason that; since; why
- 生命
- seimei — Life; vital principle; existence; living being
- 四肢
- shishi — Limbs; four extremities; arms and legs collectively
- 運動
- undō — Movement; motion; exercise; physical activity or action
- 過ぎず
- sugizu — Nothing more than; merely; simply; only
- その
- sono — That; its; that one's; of that thing
- 始まり
- hajimari — Beginning; start; origin; commencement or outset
- 内部
- naibu — Interior; inside; internal; within or inner part
- ある
- aru — To be; to exist; to have; to possess
- 主要
- shuyō — Main; principal; chief; primary or important
- 部分
- bubun — Part; portion; section; component or division
- だから
- dakara — Therefore; so; that is why; consequently
- すべて
- subete — All; everything; each; whole; entire or complete
- 自動機械
- jidōkikai — Automaton; self-operating machine; automatic device
- 時計
- tokei — Clock; watch; timepiece; timekeeping device
- よう
- yō — Like; similar to; way; manner; appearance
- ぜんまい
- zenmai — Mainspring; spiral spring; coil spring mechanism
- 歯車
- haguruma — Gear; cog; toothed wheel in machinery
- 自ら
- mizukara — Oneself; by oneself; voluntarily; of own accord
- 動く
- ugoku — To move; to shift; to function; to operate
- 機械
- kikai — Machine; machinery; mechanical device or apparatus
- 持つ
- motsu — To hold; to have; to possess; to carry
- 言え
- iee — Can say; able to speak; may be said
- ない
- nai — Not; non-existence; absence; negative or negation
- だろう
- darō — Probably; likely; should be; probably will
- 心臓
- shinzō — Heart; cardiac organ; center of circulation
- なら
- nara — If; in case; provided that; assuming
- 神経
- shinkei — Nerve; neural; nervous system; mental state
- 無数
- musū — Countless; innumerable; numberless; myriad or numerous
- 関節
- kansetsu — Joint; articulation; connection between bones
- それら
- sorera — Those; they; those things; plural those
- 造物主
- zōbutsushu — Creator; God; maker of all things
- 意図
- ito — Intention; purpose; aim; design or intent
- した
- shita — Did; past tense of suru; made or did
- 通り
- tōri —
- 身体
- shintai — Body; physical form; physique; corporeal being
- 全体
- zentai — Whole; entire; complete; total or entirety
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