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普鲁塔克:希腊罗马名人传·摘录 142

普鲁塔克《希腊罗马名人传》· Plutarch's Lives · 领导 · 历史 · 人性

But Brutus was roused up and pushed on to the undertaking by many persuasions of his familiar friends, and letters and invitations from unknown citizens. For under the statue of his ancestor Brutus, that overthrew the kingly government, they wrote the words, "O that we had a Brutus now!" and, "O that Brutus were alive!" And Brutus's own tribunal, on which he sat as praetor, was filled each morning with writings such as these: "You are asleep, Brutus," and, "You are not a true Brutus." Now the flatterers of Caesar were the occasion of all this, who, among other invidious honors which they strove to fasten upon Caesar, crowned his statues by night with diadems, wishing to incite the people to salute him king instead of dictator. But quite the contrary came to pass, as I have more particularly related in the life of Caesar.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/674
定位:Excerpt 142 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

布鲁图斯本来还在犹豫,是身边朋友的反复劝说、陌生公民的来信和邀请把他推上了行动。有人在祖先老布鲁图斯——那个推翻王政的人——的雕像下写:但愿我们现在有个布鲁图斯!但愿布鲁图斯还活着!布鲁图斯每天坐的法官席上,早上也被人写满:布鲁图斯,你睡着了;你不是真正的布鲁图斯。这些都是凯撒的谄媚者搞出来的,他们夜里给凯撒雕像戴王冠,想煽动民众喊他国王。结果适得其反,反而把布鲁图斯逼上了刺杀之路。

上下文

普鲁塔克《布鲁图斯传》开头,讲凯撒的拥护者弄巧成拙,用舆论刺激布鲁图斯参与刺杀凯撒。

今日一问

当你被周围人反复鼓动去做一件大事时,你能分清那是正义感还是被操纵的情绪吗?

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