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爱比克泰德：论说集与手册·摘录 57
爱比克泰德《论说集与手册》· Discourses and Enchiridion · 健康 · 行动 · 心性
I am superior to you, for my father is a man of consular rank. Another says, I have been a tribune, but you have not. If we were horses, would you say, My father was swifter? I have much barley and fodder, or elegant neck ornaments. If then you were saying this, I said, Be it so: let us run then. Well, is there nothing in a man such as running in a horse, by which it will be known which is superior and inferior? Is there not modesty ([Greek: aidos]), fidelity, justice? Show yourself superior in these, that you may be superior as a man. If you tell me that you can kick violently, I also will say to you, that you are proud of that which is the act of an ass.
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定位：Excerpt 57 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
白话
有人吹嘘父亲是执政官，或自己当过护民官。爱比克泰德反问：如果马也这样比，说“我父亲跑得快”“我饲料多”“我颈饰漂亮”，那我们就该说“那就跑跑看”。人也有像马跑一样能分出高下的东西：谦逊、忠诚、正义。你要在这些方面显示优越，才算真正作为人而优越。若你夸耀自己能踢得狠，那不过是驴的本事。
上下文
爱比克泰德是古罗马斯多葛派哲学家，这段话出自《对话录》，讽刺人们用家世和头衔而非品德来比较高低。
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今日一问
我最近一次觉得自己“高人一等”，凭的是头衔还是品格？
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