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马可·奥勒留:沉思录·摘录 125

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XXXIV. How base and putrid, every common matter is! Water, dust, and from the mixture of these bones, and all that loathsome stuff that our bodies do consist of: so subject to be infected, and corrupted. And again those other things that are so much prized and admired, as marble stones, what are they, but as it were the kernels of the earth? gold and silver, what are they, but as the more gross faeces of the earth? Thy most royal apparel, for matter, it is but as it were the hair of a silly sheep, and for colour, the very blood of a shell-fish; of this nature are all other things. Thy life itself, is some such thing too; a mere exhalation of blood: and it also, apt to be changed into some other common thing.

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定位:Excerpt 125 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

一切普通物质多么低贱腐朽!水、尘土,以及由这些混合成的骨头和身体里所有令人作呕的东西,都容易感染和腐坏。那些备受珍视和赞叹的东西又是什么?大理石不过是地球的核,金银不过是地球更粗的渣滓。你最华贵的衣服,材质不过是傻羊的毛,颜色不过是贝壳的血。其他东西也是如此。你的生命本身也类似,不过是血液的蒸发,也容易变成其他普通物质。所以,别被外在的华丽迷惑,看清本质,减少虚荣和执着。

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《沉思录》卷十一,马可·奥勒留用物质分析消解对财富、服饰等的迷恋。

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