文档介绍：“智者与圣人的宝岛”Ireland,IslandofSaintsandSagesJamesJoyceNationshavetheirego,,fromthetimeofourancestors,whocalledthemselvesAryansandnobles,orthatoftheGreeks,,withapridethatisperhapslesseasytoexplain,,whentheislandwasatruefocuscfsanctityandintellect,,,intraditionsandlegendswhereeventhenameoftheheroisscarcelyrecognizable,orinpoeticallusions,suchasthepassageinDante's<Inferno>wherehismentorpointstooneoftheCelticmagicianstormentedbyinfernalpainsandsays:Quel'altro,chene'fianchiecosipoco,MicheleScottofu,,,JohnDunsScotus(,theAngelicDoctor,andfromBonaventura,theSeraphicDoctor)whowasthemilitantchampionofthedoctrineoftheImmaculateConception,and,asthechroniclesofthatperiodtellus,,wherescholarsgatheredfromthedifferentcountriesofEurope,,itismorethanlikely(inviewofthereligiousfervourthatstillprevailsinIreland,ofwhichyou,whohavebeennourishedonthefoodofscepticisminrecentyears,canhardlyformacorrectidea)thatthisgloriouspastisnotafictionbasedonthespiritofself-