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The world has been instructed by its kings, who have so magnetized the eyes of nations. It has been taught by this colossal symbol the mutual reverence that is due from man to man. The joyful loyalty with which men have everywhere suffered the king, the noble, or the great proprietor to walk among them by a law of his own, make his own scale of men and things, and reverse theirs, pay for benefits not with money but with honor, and represent the law in his person, was the hieroglyphic[210] by which they obscurely signified their consciousness of their own right and comeliness, the right of every man.
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世界一直受国王教导,他们磁石般吸住各国的眼睛。这个巨大的象征教会了人对人应有的相互尊重。人们到处心甘情愿地效忠国王、贵族或大业主,让他们按自己的法律行走,按自己的标准衡量人和事,甚至颠倒众人的标准,不用金钱而用荣誉报答恩惠,并以个人代表法律——这种快乐的忠诚,是他们隐约表达对自己权利和尊严的意识的一种象形文字,即每个人都有这种权利。
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爱默生《论自立》中分析王权崇拜的心理根源,认为其中暗含对个人权利的模糊意识。
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你身边有没有被过度神化的“权威”?你尊重的是他本人,还是他身上的符号?
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