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普鲁塔克：希腊罗马名人传·摘录 119
普鲁塔克《希腊罗马名人传》· Plutarch's Lives · 领导 · 健康 · 哲学 · 财富
Those, therefore, who incline to blame their characters, may observe, that the two Grecians were disturbers even from their youth, lovers of contest, and aspirants to despotic power; that Tiberius and Caius by nature had an excessive desire after glory and honors. Beyond this, their enemies could find nothing to bring against them; but as soon as the contention began with their adversaries, their heat and passions would so far prevail beyond their natural temper, that by them, as by ill winds, they were driven afterwards to all their rash undertakings. What could be more just and honorable than their first design, had not the power and the faction of the rich, by endeavoring to abrogate that law, engaged them both in those fatal quarrels, the one, for his own preservation, the other, to revenge his brother's death, who was murdered without any law or justice?
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定位：Excerpt 119 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
白话
普鲁塔克认为，提比略和盖约兄弟本性上对荣誉和权力有过度渴望，但他们的敌人也找不出别的罪名。起初他们提出土地改革法案，本意公正光荣，是富人的势力试图废除该法，才把他们卷入致命冲突：提比略为自保，盖约为被非法杀害的哥哥复仇。所以评价他们时，要看到他们的初衷是好的，是对方的压迫和自身的激情把他们推向了极端。这提醒我们，评价历史人物要区分初衷与后果，也要警惕权力斗争如何把温和改革者逼成激进者。
上下文
普鲁塔克《希腊罗马名人传》中《提比略与盖约·格拉古传》的对比评述，约写于公元2世纪初。
今日一问
当你评价一个争议人物时，是否先分清了他的初衷和后来被环境逼出的行为？
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