思想史学家所面临的任务是既要探查不同时代里各种不同“文本”的异同,又要探查任一特定时代内各种不同“文本”之间的异同。然而,对于现代主义与后现代主义之间关系的探讨,由于历史周期化自身的根本原则正危如累卵而变得颇成问题。为了有助于揭示现代主义与后现代主义之间的关系,我将对思想史上早期的一场论争作一探究——这场论争尽管是“古典作家”与“现代作家”论战中的关键一役,但 The mission that ideological historians face is to probe into the similarities and differences between different “texts” in different ages and to probe into the similarities and differences between different “texts” in any given era. However, the discussion of the relationship between modernism and postmodernism is quite problematic given the fact that the fundamental principle of historical cyclization is jeopardizing itself. In order to help reveal the relationship between modernism and postmodernism, I will explore an early debate in the history of ideas - though the debate was a crucial one in the debate between “classical writers” and “modern writers” ,but