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托斯丹·凡勃伦：有闲阶级论·摘录 137
托斯丹·凡勃伦《有闲阶级论》· The Theory of the Leisure Class · 投资
From the point of view which the modern industrial life inculcates, phenomena are habitually subsumed under the quantitative relation of mechanical sequence. The indigent classes not only fall short of the modicum of leisure necessary in order to appropriate and assimilate the more recent generalizations of science which this point of view involves, but they also ordinarily stand in such a relation of personal dependence or subservience to their pecuniary superiors as materially to retard their emancipation from habits of thought proper to the regime of status. The result is that these classes in some measure retain that general habit of mind the chief expression of which is a strong sense of personal status, and of which devoutness is one feature.
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定位：Excerpt 137 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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凡勃伦说，现代工业生活教人把现象看作机械序列的量化关系。贫困阶级不仅缺乏闲暇去吸收科学新观念，还因人身依附于有钱人，阻碍他们摆脱身份等级的心态。结果他们多少保留强烈个人身份感的心态，虔诚就是其中一个特征。
上下文
凡勃伦解释贫困阶级为何难以接受现代科学观点，归因于闲暇不足和人身依附。
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你是否有足够闲暇去理解新观念，还是被生计压得无暇思考？
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