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爱比克泰德:论说集与手册·摘录 12
爱比克泰德《论说集与手册》· Discourses and Enchiridion · 健康 · 行动 · 人性
But the tyrant will chain—what? The leg. He will take away—what? The neck. What then will he not chain and not take away? The will. This is why the ancients taught the maxim, Know thyself. Therefore we ought to exercise ourselves in small things, and beginning with them to proceed to the greater. I have pain in the head. Do not say, Alas! I have pain in the ear. Do not say alas! And I do not say that you are not allowed to groan, but do not groan inwardly; and if your slave is slow in bringing a bandage, do not cry out and torment yourself, and say, Every body hates me; for who would not hate such a man? For the future, relying on these opinions, walk about upright, free; not trusting to the size of your body, as an athlete, for a man ought not to be invincible in the way that an ass is.
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定位:Excerpt 12 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
白话
暴君能锁住你的腿,能砍掉你的脖子,但他锁不住你的意志。这就是古人说“认识你自己”的原因。所以我们要从小事开始练习:头痛时,别喊“唉”;耳朵痛时,也别喊“唉”。不是不许你呻吟,而是不要在心里呻吟。如果奴隶送绷带慢了,不要大叫、折磨自己,说“所有人都恨我”——谁会不恨这样的人呢?今后,依靠这些看法,挺直腰板、自由地行走;不要像运动员那样靠身体强壮,因为人不该像驴一样不可战胜。核心是:意志自由不可剥夺,练习从小事开始,不向内抱怨。
上下文
爱比克泰德是古罗马斯多葛派哲学家,他强调意志自由是暴君无法剥夺的,并主张从小事练习忍耐。
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今天遇到小不适时,你能否先不向内抱怨,而是提醒自己意志仍然自由?
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