Analyzing the theme of lightness and heaviness in the novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera aims at discussing the dilemma about individual making choice when he exists among “total man”. When compare the lightness to the heaviness, the latter turns out to be an existence pattern which can be followed because of “eternal return”, though the former which is weightless in itself has been besieged by hollow even been given more unbearable weight. The existence of self-life consciousness determines that no one can abandon his life, which appears only once but leads to the responsibility to bear it. Facing the paradox election, perhaps individual can call “Self-God” in deep heart to complete self-salvation. The body of this paper divides three parts. The first part focuses on “eternal return” to discuss the crucial meaning that “total man” brings to the existence and development of human being, and tries to interpret the situation about individual’s life. Under the precondition of admitting meaningful “eternal return”, the second part is to discuss how individual constructs self-history through Lethe and Memory. Basing on the static state of individual’s behaviors that developed in the aforementioned two parts, the third part further interprets the possibility of wakening up inner strength of ”Self-God”.

本篇論文通過對小說《生命中不能承受之輕》“輕與重”這一主題的分析， 探討“個體的人”在置身於“總體的人”這一歷史大環境時所面臨的選擇困境。 “生命之輕”與“生命之重”相較而言，“生命之重”反而成為一種因“永劫回 歸”而變得有章可循的生存模式，自身並無重量的“生命之輕”卻因空虛的包圍 而被施予更難以承受的“重量”，自我生命意識的存在決定了任何人都無法徹底 棄絕只有一次的生命，不得不承受這份“沉重之輕”。“個體的人”面臨悖論式 抉擇時，更有可能實現的是通過召喚內心深處的“自我之神”來完成自我救贖。 本篇論文的正文分三部分，第一部分以“永劫回歸”為核心，探討“總體的 人”對人類存在與發展的重要意義，以及“個體的人”在此境中的生存狀態；第 二部分討論“個體的人”在承認“永劫回歸”的前提條件下以“遺忘與回憶” 的方式建構“個體歷史”的過程；第三部分建立在第一、二部分的人的靜態行為 基礎上，進一步探討人對喚醒“自我之神”這一強大內心力量的行動可能性。 關鍵字： 永劫回歸 沉重之輕 個體救贖