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亨利·戴维·梭罗:瓦尔登湖·摘录 19
亨利·戴维·梭罗《瓦尔登湖》· Walden · 健康 · 财富 · 认知 · 哲学
And when the farmer has got his house, he may not be the richer but the poorer for it, and it be the house that has got him. As I understand it, that was a valid objection urged by Momus against the house which Minerva made, that she “had not made it movable, by which means a bad neighborhood might be avoided;” and it may still be urged, for our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed in them; and the bad neighborhood to be avoided is our own scurvy selves. I know one or two families, at least, in this town, who, for nearly a generation, have been wishing to sell their houses in the outskirts and move into the village, but have not been able to accomplish it, and only death will set them free.
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定位:Excerpt 19 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
白话
当农夫有了房子,他可能不会因此更富有,反而更贫穷,而且是房子拥有了他。据我理解,莫摩斯对密涅瓦所造房子的有效反对意见是:她“没有把房子造得可移动,以便避开坏邻居”;这意见至今仍适用,因为我们的房子是如此笨重的财产,我们常常被囚禁其中而非被安置;而要避开的坏邻居正是我们自己卑劣的自我。我知道镇上至少有一两户人家,近一代人以来一直想卖掉郊区的房子搬进村里,却未能实现,只有死亡才能让他们解脱。
上下文
梭罗在《瓦尔登湖》中引用希腊神话中莫摩斯批评密涅瓦造屋的故事,讽刺房产对人的束缚。
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