[一句翻譯]來自”Liberal Arts”

Question

\"Liberal Arts for the Twenty-First Century\"

裡頭有一句話應怎麼翻譯或解讀:

Liberal arts is changing faster than ever, but not fast enough to accomodate the increasing pace of history. --> We cannot make ideas run the gauntlet of centuries before admitting them to academia.

Arrow後方那句是我不懂的地方, 麻煩各方賢士解惑, 謝謝~

Answer 1

We cannot make ideas run the gauntlet of centuries before admitting them to academia.

因為時代進步的速度太快，當一些新觀念新思維出現的時候，我們無法再像古代一樣，把這些觀念放在那裡一兩百年，等通過了歷代賢哲的詰問質疑之後，再讓它們進入供奉在學術殿堂裡，奉為真理。

註釋：Gauntlet 古代的笞刑

run the gauntlet 讓罪人裸體在兩排人中間奔跑並受鞭打，引申為「眾**責，廣受質疑」

academia.從事高層次教育與研究的科學界和文化界的統稱

Answer 2

那請問, "run the gauntlet"不是原本就是一個固定用法嗎? It means "being exposed to criticism" 受批評等的意思...我是因為卡在這idiom的意思, 才覺得上下文很難通....您覺得呢?

Answer 3

我們不能在准許世紀笞刑進入學術界之前傳播他們的想法。

I hope I can give you a hand....