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塞内卡：塞内卡道德书简·摘录 59
塞内卡《塞内卡道德书简》· Seneca's Morals · 健康 · 人性 · 投资 · 心性
This life is only a prelude to eternity, where we are to expect another original, and another state of things; we have no prospect of heaven here but at a distance; let us therefore expect our last and decretory hour with courage. The last (I say) to our bodies, but not to our minds: our luggage we leave behind us, and return as naked out of the world as we came into it. The day which we fear as our last is but the birth-day of our eternity; and it is the only way to it. So that what we fear as a rock, proves to be but a port, in many cases to be desired, never to be refused; and he that dies young has only made a quick voyage of it. Some are becalmed, others cut it away before wind; and we live just as we sail: first, we rub our childhood out of sight; our youth next; and then our middle age: after that follows old age, and brings us to the common end of mankind.
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定位：Excerpt 59 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
白话
今生只是永恒的前奏，我们在那里期待另一个起点和另一种状态；我们在这里只能远远眺望天堂。因此，让我们勇敢地等待最后判决的时刻。这最后时刻对身体而言是终点，对心灵却不是：我们把行李留在身后，离开世界时和进来时一样赤裸。我们恐惧的最后一天，其实是永恒的生日，是通往永恒的唯一道路。所以，我们害怕的礁石，在许多情况下其实是港口，值得渴望，绝不应拒绝；早逝的人只是航程短了些。有人被风困住，有人提前启航；我们活着就像航行：童年先消失，青年接着，然后中年，之后老年到来，带我们走向人类共同的终点。
上下文
塞内加从斯多葛派角度看待死亡，认为死亡是通往永恒和新生的门户。
健康板块的原文与白话解读仅供阅读学习，不构成医疗建议。
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如果把死亡看作港口而非礁石，你会如何调整现在的生活重心？
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