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爱比克泰德:论说集与手册·摘录 66

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

Whether then have you nothing which is in your own power, which depends on yourself only and cannot be taken from you, or have you anything of the kind? I know not. Look at the thing then thus, and examine it. Is any man able to make you assent to that which is false? No man. In the matter of assent then you are free from hindrance and obstruction. Granted. Well; and can a man force you to desire to move towards that to which you do not choose? He can, for when he threatens me with death or bonds he compels me to desire to move towards it. If then you despise death and bonds, do you still pay any regard to him? No. Is then the despising of death an act of your own or is it not yours? It is my act.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10661
定位:Excerpt 66 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

你有没有一样东西是真正由自己掌控、只取决于自己、别人拿不走的?如果有,就好好看看它。比如,有人能强迫你同意一个假的东西吗?没有。所以在“同意”这件事上,你是自由、不受阻碍的。但有人能强迫你朝你不愿意的方向行动吗?能,因为他用死亡或监禁来威胁你,你就被迫想朝那个方向走。可如果你根本看不起死亡和监禁,你还会在乎他吗?不会。那么,看不起死亡这件事,是不是你自己的行为?是的,它由你决定。所以关键在于:把对死亡的恐惧放下,你就拿回了行动的自由。

上下文

爱比克泰德在《语录》中分析自由与强制,指出对死亡的恐惧是他人控制你的唯一杠杆。

健康板块的原文与白话解读仅供阅读学习,不构成医疗建议。

今日一问

我目前最怕失去的东西,是否正在被他人用来左右我的选择?

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