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拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生:随笔·摘录 17

拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生《随笔》· Essays · 健康 · 哲学 · 人性 · 认知

Is it so bad then? Sight is the last thing to be pitied. Would we be blind? Do we fear lest we should outsee nature and God, and drink truth dry? I look upon the discontent of the literary class as a mere announcement of the fact that they find themselves not in the state of mind of their fathers, and regret the coming state as untried; as a boy dreads the water before he has learned that he can swim. If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the new stand side by side and admit of being compared; when the energies of all men are searched by fear and by hope; when the historic glories of the old can be compensated by the rich possibilities of the new era? This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16643
定位:Excerpt 17 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

爱默生反问:能看见东西有什么好可怜的?难道我们怕看得比自然和上帝还远、把真理喝干吗?他把文人阶层的不满看作一种信号:他们发现自己不再拥有父辈的心态,又对尚未尝试的新状态感到害怕,就像男孩没学会游泳前怕水。他认为,若真要选一个时代出生,不如选革命时代——新旧并立、可以比较,人人被恐惧和希望激发能量,旧日的荣耀可由新时代的丰富可能来补偿。关键不在时代好坏,而在我们是否知道拿它做什么。

上下文

爱默生《随笔集》中回应文人面对时代变革的焦虑,鼓励拥抱新旧交替的活力。

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今日一问

你最近对某个变化感到害怕,是像“没学会游泳前怕水”吗?可以怎么先试一小步?

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