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托马斯·马尔萨斯:人口论·摘录 177

托马斯·马尔萨斯《人口论》· An Essay on the Principle of Population · 投资

The sorrows of life necessary to soften and humanize the heart--The excitement of social sympathy often produce characters of a higher order than the mere possessors of talents--Moral evil probably necessary to the production of moral excellence--Excitements from intellectual wants continually kept up by the infinite variety of nature, and the obscurity that involves metaphysical subjects--The difficulties in revelation to be accounted for upon this principle--The degree of evidence which the scriptures contain, probably, best suited to the improvements of the human faculties, and the moral amelioration of mankind--The idea that mind is created by excitements seems to account for the existence of natural and moral evil.

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定位:Excerpt 177 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

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生活的悲伤能软化人心、让人更有人情味;社会同情的激荡,常造就比单纯有才华者更高尚的人格;道德上的恶,可能是产生道德卓越的必要条件。自然界的无穷变化和形而上学问题的晦暗,不断激起智力上的渴求。启示宗教中的难解之处,也可按这个原则解释:圣经提供的证据程度,大概最适合人类能力的提升和道德的改善。总之,心智由刺激创造这一想法,似乎能解释自然恶和道德恶为何存在。

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马尔萨斯《人口论》中讨论恶与心智形成关系的段落,带有神义论色彩,试图解释苦难为何存在。

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你能否把一次挫折,重新理解为塑造你品格的必要刺激?

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