- 不帶評論的觀察是人類智力的最高形式。
The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence. - 人們相信上帝,因為他們害怕生命。 但只有當你熱愛生活時,你才會發現上帝是什麼。 但我們大多數人都避免生活,就像所有聖徒,所謂的宗教人士一樣。 他們——聖人要壓制生命,要塑造它,要管教它,要控制它,要打敗它,結果就是他們是乾枯的、枯萎的人,永遠談論上帝; 但他們離上帝還差得很遠。
People believe in god because they are afraid of life. but it is only when you love life that you find out what god is. but most of us avoid life, just as all the saints, the so-called religious people, do. they-the saints want to suppress life, they want to shape it, discipline it, control it, beat everything out of it, and the result is that they are dry, withered human beings who everlastingly talk about god; but they are nowhere near god.
這是一份關於愛比克泰德(Epictetus)《手冊》(Enchiridion)對照翻譯與解析。這部作品是斯多葛學派(Stoicism)的經典,核心在於區分「我們能控制的」與「我們不能控制的」。 斯多葛學派(Stoicism)的核心要素: 以寧靜的心靈接納無法改變的一切, 以勇氣面對可以改變的一切, 以智慧分辨兩者的差異。 —《別因渴望你沒有的,糟蹋了你已經擁有的》 備註: 英文出處 https://classics.mit.edu/Epictetus/epicench.html Gemini對話過程: https://gemini.google.com/share/d001e7c2eebb 📘 1-30完整原文與中譯 (Full Text & Translation) 原文 (The Enchiridion - Elizabeth Carter Translation) 中文翻譯 (Chinese Translation) The Enchiridion By Epictetus. Written 135 A.C.E. Translated by Elizabeth Carter 《手冊》 愛比克泰德 著。寫於西元 135 年。伊莉莎白·卡特 英譯。 1. Some things are in our control and others not. Things in our control are opinion, pursuit, desire, aversion, and, in a word, whatever are our own actions. Things not in our control are body, property, reputation, command, and, in one word, whatever are not our own actions. 1. 有些事情是我們能控制的,有些則不然。我們能控制的是:見解、追求、慾望、厭惡,總之,凡是我們自己的行為。我們不能控制的是:身體、財產、名聲、官職,總之,凡不是我們自己的行為。 The things in our control are by nature free, unrestrained, unhindered; but those n...

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