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弗雷德里克·巴斯夏：经济诡辩·摘录 340
弗雷德里克·巴斯夏《经济诡辩》· Economic Sophisms · 投资
It is singular enough that those who decry political economy (or _economisme_, as they are pleased to call it), because that science studies man and the world as they are, are themselves much further advanced in pessimism, at least as regards the past and the present, than the economists whom they disparage. Open their books and their journals; and what do you find? Bitterness, hatred of society, carried to such a pitch that the very word civilization is in their eyes the synonym of injustice, dis-order, and anarchy. They go the length even of denouncing liberty, so little confidence have they in the development of the human race as the natural result of its organization. Liberty! it is liberty, as they think, which is impelling us nearer and nearer to ruin.
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定位：Excerpt 340 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
白话
巴斯夏讽刺道：那些贬低政治经济学的人，说它只研究人和世界的现状，其实他们自己才更悲观。翻开他们的书刊，满是怨恨、对社会的仇恨，甚至把“文明”当成不公、混乱和无序的同义词。他们连自由都谴责，对人性发展毫无信心，认为自由正把我们推向毁灭。巴斯夏的意思是：真正悲观的是这些批评者，而不是经济学家。经济学家相信，只要认清规律，自由能带来改善。
上下文
巴斯夏在《经济诡辩》中反驳对政治经济学的批评，指出批评者才是真正的悲观主义者。
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你对社会进步的信心，是建立在盲目乐观还是对规律的认识上？
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