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弗雷德里克·巴斯夏:经济诡辩·摘录 361

弗雷德里克·巴斯夏《经济诡辩》· Economic Sophisms · 投资

A country might still be unhappy, although for a long time each man may have been unused to injustice through the continued resistance of an enlightened public. But such a country, it seems to me, would be well prepared to receive a system of teaching more pure and elevated. We get a considerable way on the road to good, when we become unused to evil. Men can never remain stationary. Diverted from the path of vice, feeling that it leads only to infamy, they would feel so much the more sensibly the attractions of virtue.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44145
定位:Excerpt 361 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

一个国家即使长期没有不公,也可能仍不幸福,因为人们只是因公众抵制而不敢作恶,并非真心向善。但这样的国家已经为接受更纯粹、更高尚的教导做好了准备。当人们不再习惯作恶,就已在向善的路上走了很远。人不会停滞不前;一旦远离恶行,感受到恶行只带来耻辱,就会更敏锐地感受到美德的吸引力。

上下文

巴斯夏在《经济诡辩》中论述社会从避免不公到追求美德的过渡,强调习惯的力量。

今日一问

我是否只满足于不犯错,却忽略了主动培养美德?

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