伦理与德性
“未经审视的生活是不值得过的。”
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“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
— 柏拉图, Apology
“君子务本。本立而道生。”
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“The superior man bends his attention to what is radical. That being established, all practical courses naturally grow up.”
— 孔子, The Analects of Confucius (from the Chinese Classics)
“仅依据那条你同时愿意它成为普遍法则的准则行事。”
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“Act only on that maxim whereby thou canst at the same time will that it should become a universal law.”
— Kant, Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
“人不是被事物本身所困扰,而是被他们对事物的看法所困扰。”
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“Men are disturbed not by the things which happen, but by the opinions about the things.”
— 爱比克泰德, A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus with the Encheiridion
“所有卓越的事物都像它们稀有一样难以实现。”
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“All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.”
— Spinoza, Ethics
“我们的一切都是我们思想的结果:它以我们的思想为基础,由我们的思想构成。”
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“All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts.”
— 法句经, The Dhammapada
“仇恨永远不能止息仇恨:仇恨唯有通过爱才能止息,这是一条古老的法则。”
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“Hatred does not cease by hatred at any time: hatred ceases by love, this is an old rule.”
— 法句经, The Dhammapada
“最好的报复是不要去效仿那个伤害你的人。”
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“The best revenge is not to copy him that wronged you.”
— 马可·奥勒留, The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
“伟大的真理无法占据大众的心灵。”
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“Great truths do not take hold of the hearts of the masses.”
— 庄周, Chuang Tzu Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer
“上帝与那些敬畏他并行善事的人同在。”
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“God is with those who fear him and do good deeds.”
— 古兰经, The Qur'an
“互助与相互斗争一样,都是动物生活的自然法则。”
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“Mutual aid is as much a law of animal life as mutual struggle.”
— 彼得·克鲁泡特金, Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution
“真理是全能的。”
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“Truth is omnipotent.”
— 威廉·葛德文, Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions, and Discoveries
“美德只能在平等者之间繁荣。”
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“Virtue can only flourish amongst equals.”
— 玛丽·沃斯通克拉夫特, A vindication of the rights of men, in a letter to the Right Honourable Edmund B
“真正善良且明智的人,能得体地承受一切命运,并始终在当前环境下做最崇高之事。”
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“The man who is truly good and sensible bears all fortunes becomingly, and always does what is noblest under the circumstances.”
— 亚里士多德, The Nicomachean ethics of Aristotle
“我们必须耕耘我们的园地。”
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“We must cultivate our garden.”
— 伏尔泰, Candide
“立法的基石是那种能为最大多数人带来最大幸福的功利。”
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“The foundation of Legislation was that utility which produced the greatest happiness to the greatest number.”
— 杰里米·边沁, Not Paul, but Jesus
“哲学家们只是用不同的方式解释世界。然而,关键在于改变世界。”
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“Philosophers have only interpreted the world in different ways. What is crucial, however, is to change it.”
— 卡尔·马克思, Theses on Feuerbach
“开始是任何工作中最重要的一部分。”
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“The beginning is the most important part of any work.”
— 柏拉图, The Republic
“有两样东西,人们越是经常持久地思考,就越会以不断更新、与日俱增的赞叹和敬畏充满心灵:头顶的星空和心中的道德律。”
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“Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe: the starry heavens above and the moral law within.”
— Kant, Critique of Practical Reason
“做一个不满足的人比做一个满足的猪要好;做一个不满足的苏格拉底比做一个满足的傻瓜要好。”
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“It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied.”
— 约翰·斯图尔特·密尔, Utilitarianism
“行事如若你的行为准则将通过你的意志成为普遍的自然法则。”
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“Act as if the maxim of thy action were to become by thy will a Universal Law of Nature.”
— Kant, Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
“无论在生前还是死后,好人不会遭遇任何邪恶。”
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“No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.”
— 柏拉图, Apology
“无论你的生活多么卑微,去面对它并生活吧;不要回避它,也不要给它起难听的名字。”
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“However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names.”
— 亨利·戴维·梭罗, Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience
“嫉妒是无知;模仿是自杀。”
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“Envy is ignorance; imitation is suicide.”
— 拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生, Essays — First Series
“教育开启一个人时的方向,将决定他未来的生活。”
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“The direction in which education starts a man, will determine his future life.”
— 柏拉图, The Republic
“立刻开始生活吧,把每一天都当作一个单独的生命。”
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“Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.”
— 卢基乌斯·安纽斯·塞涅卡, Moral Letters to Lucilius (Epistulae Morales)
“一个人不仅可以通过行动,还可以通过不作为来对他人造成伤害。”
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“A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction.”
— 约翰·斯图尔特·密尔, On Liberty
“放弃自由就是放弃做人,就是放弃人类的权利,甚至放弃其义务。”
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“To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity and even its duties.”
— Rousseau, The social contract & discourses
“道德本身并不是教导我们如何让自己幸福,而是教导我们如何变得配得上幸福。”
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“Morality is not properly the doctrine how we should make ourselves happy, but how we should become worthy of happiness.”
— Kant, Critique of Practical Reason
“最大的时间浪费是拖延和期待,它们都依赖于未来。”
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“The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future.”
— 卢基乌斯·安纽斯·塞涅卡, Seneca's Morals of a Happy Life, Benefits, Anger and Clemency
“虚假的话语不仅本身是邪恶的,而且会用邪恶感染灵魂。”
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“False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.”
— 柏拉图, Phaedo
“义务!你这崇高而伟大的名字,不包含任何迷人或讨好的东西,却要求服从。”
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“Duty! Thou sublime and mighty name that dost embrace nothing charming or insinuating, but requirest submission.”
— Kant, Critique of Practical Reason
“把事情做好的奖励,就是已经把它做好了。”
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“The reward of a thing well done, is to have done it.”
— 拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生, Essays — Second Series
“伟大的人总是愿意变得渺小。”
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“A great man is always willing to be little.”
— 拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生, Essays — First Series
“邪恶存在于世上,不是为了制造绝望,而是为了激发行动。”
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“Evil exists in the world not to create despair but activity.”
— 托马斯·马尔萨斯, An Essay on the Principle of Population
“不作恶,行善事,净化自己的心灵,这就是觉者(Awakened)的教导。”
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“Not to commit any sin, to do good, and to purify one's mind, that is the teaching of the Awakened.”
— 法句经, The Dhammapada
“不要轻视邪恶,以为它不会降临到自己身上。”
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“Let no man think lightly of evil, saying in his heart, It will not come nigh unto me.”
— 法句经, The Dhammapada
“君子周而不比。小人比而不周。”
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“The superior man is catholic and no partisan. The mean man is partisan and not catholic.”
— 孔子, The Analects of Confucius (from the Chinese Classics)
“见义不为,无勇也。”
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“To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage.”
— 孔子, The Analects of Confucius (from the Chinese Classics)
“不责备,不打击,在戒律下生活,饮食有节,独处独坐,沉思最高尚的思想——这就是觉者的教导。”
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“Not to blame, not to strike, to live restrained under the law, to be moderate in eating, to sleep and sit alone, and to dwell on the highest thoughts—this is the teaching of the Awakened.”
— 法句经, The Dhammapada
“所有人都寻求幸福。这是毫无例外的。”
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“All men seek happiness. This is without exception.”
— Pascal, Pascal's Pensées
“以直报怨,以德报德。”
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“Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.”
— 孔子, The Analects of Confucius (from the Chinese Classics)
“无友不如己者。过则勿惮改。”
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“Have no friends not equal to yourself. When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.”
— 孔子, The Analects of Confucius (from the Chinese Classics)
“谨慎者鲜有差错。”
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“The cautious seldom err.”
— 孔子, The Analects of Confucius (from the Chinese Classics)
“作恶者是在对自己作恶。行不义者是在对自己行不义,因为他使自己变坏了。”
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“He who does wrong does wrong against himself. He who acts unjustly acts unjustly to himself, because he makes himself bad.”
— 马可·奥勒留, Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
“适应命运赋予你的事物:爱你命中注定要与之生活在一起的人,并以真诚的感情去爱他们。”
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“Adapt yourself to the things which your destiny has given you: love those with whom it is your lot to live, and love them with sincere affection.”
— 马可·奥勒留, The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
“向内看。内在是善的源泉。不断挖掘,它就会不断涌出。”
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“Look inward. Within is the fountain of Good. Dig constantly and it will ever well forth.”
— 马可·奥勒留, The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
“只要你活着,就要不断学习如何生活。”
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“As long as you live, keep learning how to live.”
— 卢基乌斯·安纽斯·塞涅卡, Moral Letters to Lucilius (Epistulae Morales)
“幸福不是美德的报酬,而是美德本身。”
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“Blessedness is not the reward of virtue, but virtue itself.”
— Spinoza, Ethics — Part 5
“在强迫下获得的知识无法在心灵中扎根。”
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“Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.”
— 柏拉图, The Republic
“畏惧死亡的人,永远不会做出符合活人身份的行为。”
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“He who fears death will never act as becomes a living man.”
— 卢基乌斯·安纽斯·塞涅卡, Of Peace of Mind