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爱比克泰德:论说集与手册·摘录 77
爱比克泰德《论说集与手册》· Discourses and Enchiridion · 健康 · 行动
As on a voyage when the vessel has reached a port, if you go out to get water it is an amusement by the way to pick up a shellfish or some bulb, but your thoughts ought to be directed to the ship, and you ought to be constantly watching if the captain should call, and then you must throw away all those things, that you may not be bound and pitched into the ship like sheep. So in life also, if there be given to you instead of a little bulb and a shell a wife and child, there will be nothing to prevent (you from taking them). But if the captain should call, run to the ship and leave all those things without regard to them. But if you are old, do not even go far from the ship, lest when you are called you make default.
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定位:Excerpt 77 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
白话
就像航海时船靠了港,你下船去取水,沿途顺便捡个贝壳或采个植物,只是消遣;但你的心思要放在船上,要不断留意船长是否召唤,一旦召唤,就得扔下那些东西,免得像羊一样被捆起来扔上船。生活也是如此,如果给你的是妻子、孩子,而不是小贝壳,也没什么妨碍你拥有他们;但船长一召唤,你就得跑回船上,放下一切,毫不留恋。如果你老了,甚至不要远离船,免得被召唤时误了事。核心是享受生活但不被缠住,随时准备回应更高的召唤。
上下文
爱比克泰德是古罗马斯多葛派哲学家,这段话出自他的《语录》,用航海比喻人生,提醒人们不要被沿途的消遣缠住而忘了归途。
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今日一问
你目前生活中有哪些“贝壳”让你流连忘返,以至于可能听不到更重要的召唤?
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