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塞内卡:塞内卡道德书简·摘录 65

塞内卡《塞内卡道德书简》· Seneca's Morals · 财富 · 健康 · 认知 · 行动

What can be happier than the condition both of mind and of fortune from which we cannot fall—what can be a greater felicity than in a covetous, designing age, for a roan to live safe among informers and thieves? It puts a poor man into the very condition of Providence, that gives all, without reserving anything to itself. How happy is he that owes nothing but to himself, and only that which he can easily refuse or easily pay! I do not reckon him poor that has but a little, but he is so that covets more—it is a fair degree of plenty to have what is necessary. Whether had a man better find satiety in want, or hunger in plenty? It is not the augmenting of our fortunes, but the abating of our appetites that makes us rich.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/56075
定位:Excerpt 65 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

还有什么比心灵和境遇都不会跌落更幸福?在贪婪算计的时代,能安全地活在告密者和盗贼之间,就是大福。穷人像天意,给予一切却不保留。不欠债、只欠自己能轻易拒绝或偿还的东西,多么快乐。我不认为拥有少的人贫穷,贪求多的人才贫穷。拥有必需品就是足够的富裕。是满足于匮乏,还是富足中仍饥饿?让我们富有的不是增加财富,而是减少欲望。

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塞内加是古罗马斯多葛哲学家,强调节制欲望、自足常乐,这段话反映其财富观。

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今日一问

今天你可以减少哪一项欲望,来让自己感觉更富有、更安全?

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