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爱比克泰德:论说集与手册·摘录 108

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

The measure of possession (property) is to every man the body, as the foot is of the shoe. If then you stand on this rule (the demands of the body), you will maintain the measure; but if you pass beyond it, you must then of necessity be hurried as it were down a precipice. As also in the matter of the shoe, if you go beyond the (necessities of the) foot, the shoe is gilded, then of a purple color, then embroidered; for there is no limit to that which has once passed the true measure.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10661
定位:Excerpt 108 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

对每个人来说,财产的尺度就是身体的需要,就像脚是鞋子的尺度。如果你守住这个规则,就能保持适度;一旦越过它,就必然会像从悬崖上被冲下去一样失控。就像鞋子,如果超出脚的需要,就会先镶金,再染紫,再绣花;因为一旦越过了真正的尺度,就没有止境了。所以,消费要以身体的实际需要为限,不要追求无止境的奢华。

上下文

爱比克泰德用脚与鞋的比喻,说明财产和消费应以身体需要为尺度,批判无节制的奢侈。

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

今天我在购物或消费时,能否先问自己:这是身体真正需要的,还是欲望在无限膨胀?

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