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請回答第 41 題至第 45 題: Even though the origin of alchemy is still controversial, most ancient scholars had the consensus that alchemy was based on spiritual and philosophical concepts. Those concepts certainly predated Christianity, and were, therefore, “pagan” in the eyes of the medieval church—a good reason for the alchemists of the Middle Ages to wrap their work in the costume of metallurgy, and thereby hope to avoid being persecuted as heretics. The fundamental premise of alchemy is that there are precise correspondences between the visible and invisible worlds, the worlds of matter and spirit, inner and outer, heaven and earth. According to the alchemical view, everything—plants, animals, minerals—contains a “seed” of divinity, and this seed can be developed through application of certain principles of learning. In philosophical terms, then, alchemy is the art of transforming the base metal of ignorance into the gold of wisdom, or divinity. Furthermore, according to alchemy, the material world is a reflection of the spiritual world, and should work according to the same principles. It should be possible, therefore, to transform the grosser physical substances into more refined ones, or literally to transform base materials into gold. The secret of success in this latter process, however, is the secret that has eluded so many practitioners of the art through the ages. The most important secret ingredient in the science of alchemy is the alchemist him/herself. He or she must have the power to attract and make use of the invisible spiritual ingredient, the “divine spark,” that brings about the desired transformation. In other words, the alchemist must be able to “imitate the work of the gods.” 
【題組】41 According to the passage, how did the Christian church in the Middle Ages regard alchemy?
(A)Heretical
(B)Original
(C)Profitable
(D)Spiritual


答案:A
難度: 困難
1F
sesame 大三上 (2014/12/20)
alchemy[ˋælkəmɪ]: 鍊金術
Heretical[həˋrɛtɪk!]: 異端的
pagan: 異端
predate[priˋdet]: 把……的日期填得早於實際日期;在日期上早於
Christianity: 基督教
2F
000 高二下 (2018/01/03)

  Those concepts certainly predated Christianity, and were, therefore, “pagan” in the eyes of the medieval church—a good reason for the alchemists of the Middle Ages to wrap their work in the costume of metallurgy, and thereby hope to avoid being persecuted as heretics. 
這些觀念當然早於基督教,因此在中世紀時是教會眼中的“異教徒”,這也是中世紀的煉金術士用冶金服裝包裝他們工作的好理由,從而希望避免像異教徒一樣被迫害。

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