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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with the shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything you said to-day.--"Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood."--Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras[186] was misunderstood, and Socrates,[187] and Jesus, and Luther,[188] and Copernicus,[189] and Galileo,[190] and Newton,[191] and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.
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愚蠢的前后一致是小心灵的妖怪,小政客、小哲学家和小牧师却把它当宝贝。伟大的灵魂根本不屑于这种一致。他大可以关心墙上的影子。现在你怎么想,就用硬话讲出来;明天怎么想,再用硬话讲出来,哪怕它和你今天说的完全矛盾。有人会说:“那你肯定会被误解。”被误解有那么糟吗?毕达哥拉斯、苏格拉底、耶稣、路德、哥白尼、伽利略、牛顿,所有纯粹而智慧的人都被误解过。伟大就是被误解。
上下文
爱默生《论自立》中最著名的一段,强调当下真实比表面一致更重要。
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如果明天你发现今天说错了,你敢不敢公开改口,而不怕被说“打脸”?
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