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爱比克泰德:论说集与手册·摘录 42

爱比克泰德《论说集与手册》· Discourses and Enchiridion · 健康 · 领导

But if you ask me what then is the most excellent of all things, what must I say? I cannot say the power of speaking, but the power of the will, when it is right ([Greek: orthae]). For it is this which uses the other (the power of speaking), and all the other faculties both small and great. For when this faculty of the will is set right, a man who is not good becomes good: but when it fails, a man becomes bad. It is through this that we are unfortunate, that we are fortunate, that we blame one another, are pleased with one another. In a word, it is this which if we neglect it makes unhappiness, and if we carefully look after it, makes happiness.

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定位:Excerpt 42 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

如果你问我,一切事物中最高级的是什么,我不能说是说话的能力,而应说是正确的意志力。因为正是意志在使用说话的能力,也在使用其他一切大大小小的能力。意志摆正了,不好的人会变好;意志垮了,好人会变坏。我们倒霉还是走运、互相指责还是彼此满意,全通过它发生。一句话,忽视它就会造成不幸,小心看护它就会带来幸福。所以关键不是口才多好、本事多大,而是那个决定怎么使用本事的意志是否端正。

上下文

爱比克泰德在《言谈录》中强调,理性意志(prohairesis)是人的核心,其他能力都受它支配。

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今日一问

我今天花多少精力在训练口才和技能上,又花多少在摆正自己的意志上?

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