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托斯丹·凡勃伦:有闲阶级论·摘录 126

托斯丹·凡勃伦《有闲阶级论》· The Theory of the Leisure Class · 投资

Something to a like effect is to be said of other traits that go to make up the barbarian character. For the purposes of economic theory, these further barbarian traits may be taken as concomitant variations of that predaceous temper of which prowess is an expression. In great measure they are not primarily of an economic character, nor do they have much direct economic bearing. They serve to indicate the stage of economic evolution to which the individual possessed of them is adapted. They are of importance, therefore, as extraneous tests of the degree of adaptation of the character in which they are comprised to the economic exigencies of today, but they are also to some extent important as being aptitudes which themselves go to increase or diminish the economic serviceability of the individual.

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定位:Excerpt 126 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

对于构成野蛮人性格的其他特征,也有类似的说法。就经济理论的目的而言,这些进一步的野蛮人特征可以被视为那种以勇武为表现的掠夺性气质的伴随变异。它们在很大程度上并非主要是经济性的,也没有多少直接的经济意义。它们用于表明拥有这些特征的个体所适应的经济进化阶段。因此,它们作为外在检验标准很重要,可以检验它们所包含的性格对当今经济紧急情况的适应程度,但它们也在某种程度上重要,因为它们本身是可能增加或减少个体经济实用性的才能。

上下文

凡勃伦讨论野蛮人性格特征在经济理论中的位置,认为它们主要是适应阶段的标志。

今日一问

你身上的某些“性格特征”,是适应现代经济的优势还是劣势?

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