@article{oai:ocuocjc.repo.nii.ac.jp:00000302, author = {浜川, 仁}, issue = {6}, journal = {沖縄キリスト教学院大学論集 = Okinawa Christian University Review}, month = {Dec}, note = {Edward Sackville West, in his well-known biography of Thomas De Quincey, A Flame in Sunlight, offers a negative critique of De Quincey's "Secret Societies" and "On the Essenes." West claims that the opiumeater's arguments in these essays lacked historical evidence, and they are distinguished by "bad taste and ignorance" (p. 307). West acknowledges that he prefers another essay of the same topic, "The Pagan Oracles," which is the focus of this present paper. Are these essays, however, as different as West seems to suggest? In comparing these two essays, as well as others that explore similar themes of "secrecy," I aim to uncover an unlikely strategy that De Quincey employs as he flashes what seem on the surface to be outrageous opinions. My aim is to offer some curious mode of enlightenment on behalf of the reading public. Kant's "antinomy" will prove a useful concept to understand the opium-eater's fascinating mind.}, pages = {35--44}, title = {ド・クインシー著「異教の神託」-ドクサと二律背反-}, year = {2009} }