【讀書筆記】《沉思錄》卷五06
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?本書簡介：
《沉思錄》是古羅馬皇帝奧勒留寫給自己的書，內(nèi)容大部分是他在鞍馬勞頓中寫成的。作品來自奧勒留對身羈宮廷的自己和自己所處混亂世界的感受，追求一種冷靜而達觀的生活。這部著作是斯多葛學(xué)派的一個里程碑，亦是溫總理放在枕邊，讀了不下百遍的書。
本書原文由古希臘文而作，英文版選擇比較權(quán)威的George Long的版本，中文版選擇何懷宏的版本作參考。筆記中的英文釋義摘自《牛津高階英漢雙解詞典》
?作者簡介：
馬可?奧勒留（Marcus Aurelius，公元121—180年），著名的“帝王哲學(xué)家”，古羅馬帝國皇帝，在希臘文學(xué)和拉丁文學(xué)、修辭、哲學(xué)、法律、繪畫方面受過很好的教育，晚期斯多葛學(xué)派代表人物之一。奧勒留也許是西方歷史上唯一的一位哲學(xué)家皇帝。他是一個比他的帝國更加完美的人，他的勤奮工作最終并沒有能夠挽救古羅馬，但是他的《沉思錄》卻成為西方歷史上的偉大名著。
卷五06
5.11?Such as are thy habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of thy mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts. Dye it then with a continuous series of such thoughts as these: for instance, that where a man can live, there he can also live well. But he must live in a palace;- well then, he can also live well in a palace. And again, consider that for whatever purpose each thing has been constituted, for this it has been constituted, and towards this it is carried; and its end is in that towards which it is carried; and where the end is, there also is the advantage and the good of each thing. Now the good for the reasonable animal is society; for that we are made for society has been shown above. Is it not plain that the inferior exist for the sake of the superior? But the things which have life are superior to those which have not life, and of those which have life the superior are those which have reason.
?Notes：
dye [v]?to change the colour of something, especially by using a special liquid or substance
5.12?To seek what is impossible is madness: and it is impossible that the bad should not do something of this kind.
5.13?Nothing happens to any man which he is not formed by nature to bear. The same things happen to another, and either because he does not see that they have happened or because he would show a great spirit he is firm and remains unharmed. It is a shame then that ignorance and conceit should be stronger than wisdom.
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conceit [n]1 [uncountable] (disapproving)?too much pride in yourself and what you do
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 2 [countable] (formal)?an artistic effect or device, especially one that is very clever or tries to be very clever but does not succeed
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? e.g.:The ill-advised conceit of the guardian angel dooms the film from the start.
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?The director's brilliant conceit was to film this tale in black and white.
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 3 (technical)?a clever expression in writing or speech that involves a comparison between two things
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中文翻譯：
5.11?你慣常的思想要像這樣，你心靈的品格也要是這樣，因為靈魂是由思想來染色的。那么用一系列這樣的思想染你的靈魂：例如，在一個人能夠生存的地方，他也能在那里生活得很好。他必須住在一個宮殿里嗎，那好，他在一個宮殿中也能生活得很好。再考慮每一事物無論是為了什么目的構(gòu)成的，它的構(gòu)成都是為著這一目的的，它都被帶往這一目的；它的目的是朝著它被帶住的方向的，在那目的所在的地方，也存在著每一事物的利益和善：那么理性動物的善就在于社會，因為我們是為社會而造的，這已在前面說明過了。低等的東西是為高等的東西存在的，這不是很明白嗎？而有生命的存在都是優(yōu)越于無生命的存在的，而在有生命的存在里最優(yōu)越的又是那有理性的存在。
5.12?尋求不可能的事情是一種發(fā)瘋，而惡人不做這種事情是不可能的。
5.13?沒有什么一個人天性不可忍受的事情對那個人發(fā)生。同樣的事情發(fā)生于另一個人，或是因為他沒看到它們的發(fā)生，或是因為他表現(xiàn)一種偉大的精神而使他保持堅定和不受傷害。那么無知和欺瞞竟然壓倒智慧就是一種羞愧。