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塞内卡:塞内卡道德书简·摘录 48
塞内卡《塞内卡道德书简》· Seneca's Morals · 健康 · 投资 · 认知 · 财富
But let us have a care, above all things, that our kindness be rightfully founded; for where there is any other invitation to friendship than the friendship itself, that friendship will be bought and sold. He derogates upon the majesty of it that makes it only dependent upon good fortune. It is a narrow consideration for a man to please himself in the thought of a friend, “because,” says he, “I shall have one to help me when I am sick, in prison, or in want.” A brave man should rather take delight in the contemplation of doing the same offices for another. He that loves a man for his own sake is in an error. A friendship of interest cannot last any longer than the interest itself, and this is the reason that men in prosperity are so much followed, and when a man goes down the wind, nobody comes near him.
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定位:Excerpt 48 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
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最重要的是,我们的善意要有正确的根基;如果友谊的动机不是友谊本身,那这种友谊就会被买卖。把友谊仅仅依附于好运,是对友谊尊严的贬损。一个人若只因为想到“我生病、坐牢或穷困时会有朋友帮忙”而沾沾自喜,那是狭隘的考虑。勇敢的人更应乐于设想自己为朋友做同样的事。为了自己而爱一个人是错误的。基于利益的友谊不能比利益本身更长久,这就是为什么人走运时门庭若市,一旦落魄就无人问津。
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塞涅卡在《道德书简》中批判功利性友谊,强调友谊应以自身为目的。
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你是否有过因利益而接近某人,或因此被接近的经历?你如何看待?
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