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拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生:随笔·摘录 59

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

If any man consider the present aspects of what is called by distinction _society_, he will see the need of these ethics. The sinew and heart of man seem to be drawn out, and we are become timorous, desponding whimperers. We are afraid of truth, afraid of fortune, afraid of death, and afraid of each other. Our age yields no great and perfect persons. We want men and women who shall renovate life and our social state, but we see that most natures are insolvent, cannot satisfy their own wants, have an ambition out of all proportion to their practical force,[224] and do lean and beg day and night continually. Our housekeeping is mendicant, our arts, our occupations, our marriages, our religion, we have not chosen, but society has chosen for us. We are parlor soldiers. We shun the rugged battle of fate, where strength is born.

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定位:Excerpt 59 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

看看今天所谓的社会,就知道为什么需要这些伦理。人的筋骨和心气好像被抽走了,我们变得胆小、沮丧、爱抱怨。我们怕真理、怕命运、怕死,也怕彼此。这个时代出不了伟大完美的人。我们需要能革新生活和社会的人,但多数人入不敷出,满足不了自己的需求,野心远大于实际能力,日夜乞求。我们的家务、艺术、职业、婚姻、宗教,都不是自己选的,而是社会替我们选的。我们是客厅里的士兵,回避命运那场艰苦的战斗,而力量恰恰诞生在那里。要改变,就得停止乞求,自己承担选择,去面对真实的困难。

上下文

爱默生《论自立》中批评当时美国社会因循守旧、缺乏独立精神,人们被习俗和舆论支配。

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今日一问

你生活中哪些选择其实是社会替你做的,而不是你自己选的?

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