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爱比克泰德:论说集与手册·摘录 81

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

Never say about anything, I have lost it, but say I have restored it. Is your child dead? It has been restored. Is your wife dead? She has been restored. Has your estate been taken from you? Has not then this also been restored? But he who has taken it from me is a bad man. But what is it to you, by whose hands the giver demanded it back? So long as he may allow you, take care of it as a thing which belongs to another, as travellers do with their inn.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10661
定位:Excerpt 81 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

永远别说“我失去了什么”,而要说“我把它还回去了”。孩子死了?那是被还回去了。妻子死了?也是被还回去了。财产被夺走了?同样是被还回去了。拿走它的人是个坏人?但那是谁给你的,谁就有权收回,这跟你有什么关系?只要允许你拥有,你就把它当作借来的东西好好照看,就像旅人对待客栈一样,离开时坦然放手。

上下文

爱比克泰德用斯多葛派的“借来”视角看待一切外在之物,包括亲人、财产,认为它们本就不属于我们,只是暂时交给我们保管。

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今日一问

你紧紧抓着不放的某样东西,如果把它看作暂时借来的,你会如何对待它?

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