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''Ad fontes'' is a Latin expression which means "() to the sources" (lit. "to the fountains"). The phrase epitomizes the renewed study of Greek and Latin classics in Renaissance humanism.〔''The fundamental feature of Renaissance Humanism is summed up in the concept of ad fontes. It was believed that by studying the original texts whether, classical or Biblical, that there could be an actualization of the events described.''()〕 Similarly, the Protestant Reformation called for renewed attention to the Bible as the primary source of Christian faith. The idea in both cases was that sound knowledge depends on the earliest and most fundamental sources. This phrase is related to ''Ab initio'', which means "from the beginning." Whereas ''ab initio'' implies a flow of thought from first principles to the situation at hand, ''ad fontes'' is a retrogression, a movement back towards an origin, which ideally would be clearer than the present situation. The phrase ''ad fontes'' occurs in the Latin Vulgate version of Psalm 42: According to Hans-Georg Gadamer,〔''Truth and Method'', p.502 of the 1989 revised English translation.〕 there is evidence provided by E. Lledo that Spanish humanists drew the expression from this source. Erasmus of Rotterdam used the phrase in his ''De ratione studii ac legendi interpretandique auctores'':〔"On the method of study and reading and interpreting authors." Erasmus von Rotterdam: De ratione studii ac legendi interpretandique auctores, Paris 1511, in: Desiderii Erasmi Roterodami Opera omnia, ed. J. H. Waszink u. a., Amsterdam 1971, Vol. I 2, 79-151.〕 ==References== *J.D. Tracy, ''Ad Fontes: The Humanist Understanding of Scripture as Nourishment for the Soul,'' in ''Christian Spirituality II: High Middle Ages and Reformation'', (1987), editor Jill Raitt 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「ad fontes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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