O Istorikos Orizontas

    Spoudazoume thn istoria tou "newterou" Ellhnismou me

afethria sunh0ws, thn ptwsh ths Kwn/polhs (1453). Htan h telikh

pra3h sthn katarreush tou "byzantinou"-opws leme shmera

Ellhnismou, to telos twn "meswn" kai harxh twn newterwn xronwn

ths ellhnikhs istorias.

    Apo thn skopia, wstoso ths e3eli3hs tou politismou twn

Ellhnwn, oroshmo h afethria twn "newterwn" xronwn den einai to

1453. Einai mallon to 1354: h xronia pou o Dhmhtrios Kudwnhs, me

protroph tou autokratora Iwannh Katakouzhnou, metafrazei sta

ellhnika th Summa Theologiae tou 0wma tou Akinath. Ekstasiasmenos

o Kudwnhs apo to kainourgio "fws" pou erxetai "e3 esperias",

analambanei nato metadwsei stous sumpatriwtes tou Ellhnes.

    To gegonos orio0etei mia kainourgia epoxh gia ton Ellhnismo,

mia nea istorikh periodo. Periodo opou to endiaferon twn Ellhnwn

metati0etai proodeutika apo th dikh tous paradosh kai ton diko

tous politismo se kapoio allo protupo kai orama biou.

    Sigoura o Ellhnismos htan pantote ena staurodromi

politismwn, antilhpsewn kai idewn, episthmhs kai filosofias. Apo

ta arxaiotata kiolas xronia oi Ellhnes endiaferontai me pa0os gia

allotries paradoseis, proslambanoun stoixeia apo 3enous

politismous. Omws to basiko gnwrisma twn Ellhnwn htan akribws h

ikanothta tous na afomoiwnoun tis proslhpseis kai ta daneia. Ka0e

3eno stoixeio na ginetai aformh emploutismou kai ananewshs ths

ellhnikhs autosuneidhsias.

Sthn periodo pou egkainiazetai me tis metafraseis tou Kudwnh,

auth h afomoiwtikh ikanothta tou Ellhnismou moiazei upotonikh h

olotela xamenh. Ta daneia kai oi proslhpseis den upotassontai pia

ston ellhniko tropo tou biou, sthn ellhnikh NOHMATODOTHSH tou

biou. Anti0eta, upotassoun oi proslhpseis kai amblunoun

proodeutika thn politistikh autosuneidhsia twn Ellhnwn,

allotriwnoun thn ellhnikh tautothta. Eite upotagmenoi stis

barbarikes ordes twn O0wmanwn Tourkwn, tetrakosia oloklhra

xronia, eite sugkrothmenoi se kratos me sumbatika gewgrafika

sunora, meta to 1827, oi Ellhnens zoun pia me to blemma kai to

pneuma tous strammena sta "fwta" ths Dushs.

    Osos ki an logariasei kaneis tis antistaseis tou laikou

swmatos se auth thn proodeutikh allotriwsh, h kai tis epwnumes

antidraseis kapoiwn elaxistwn logiwn, to stoixeio pou telika

kuriarxei einai h au3anomenh agnoia twn Ellhnwn gia thn

politistikh tous paradosh, oi parapoihmenes antilhpseis, suxna h

adiaforia kai h perifronhsh gia thn ellhnikothta. Auto pou

kuriarxei einai o 0aumasmos gia ton politismo pou diamorfwnetai

sth Dush kai pou monopwlei stis suneidhseis thn ennoia ths

"proodou". Akoma kai thn opoia plhroforhsh gia thn politistikh

tous klhronomia thn antloun pia oi Ellhnnes apo tous dutikous

melethtes-tous "oumanistes" kai arxaiolatres ths Eurwphs

anupopsiastoi gia tuxon paranohseis h kai eskemmenes

diastreblwseis.