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托马斯·马尔萨斯:人口论·摘录 178

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

The expression, when applied to any one object, may be considered as a poetical amplification, but it is accurately true when applied to nature. Infinite variety seems, indeed, eminently her characteristic feature. The shades that are here and there blended in the picture give spirit, life, and prominence to her exuberant beauties, and those roughnesses and inequalities, those inferior parts that support the superior, though they sometimes offend the fastidious microscopic eye of short-sighted man, contribute to the symmetry, grace, and fair proportion of the whole.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4239
定位:Excerpt 178 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

把“无穷变化”用在一个具体对象上,可算诗人的夸张;但用在自然整体上,却完全准确。无穷变化正是自然的显著特征。画面中各处交织的阴影,给她的繁盛之美增添生气、活力和突出感;那些粗糙、不平、支撑着优越部分的低劣部分,虽然有时冒犯短视者挑剔的微观眼光,却有助于整体的对称、优雅和匀称。也就是说,不完美和参差本身就是美和秩序的一部分,不必用局部眼光否定整体。

上下文

马尔萨斯在《人口论》中从自然神学角度赞美自然界的多样性与整体和谐。

今日一问

你最近是否因为盯着局部瑕疵,而忽略了整体的协调?

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