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亨利·戴维·梭罗:瓦尔登湖·摘录 37

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The Jesuits were quite balked by those Indians who, being burned at the stake, suggested new modes of torture to their tormentors. Being superior to physical suffering, it sometimes chanced that they were superior to any consolation which the missionaries could offer; and the law to do as you would be done by fell with less persuasiveness on the ears of those who, for their part, did not care how they were done by, who loved their enemies after a new fashion, and came very near freely forgiving them all they did.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/205
定位:Excerpt 37 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

梭罗讲耶稣会士在北美传教时遇到的事:有些印第安人被绑在火刑柱上烧,反而给施刑者建议新酷刑。这些人对肉体痛苦看得开,有时也就听不进传教士的安慰;“你希望别人怎么待你,你就怎么待人”这条金律,对他们说服力不大,因为他们根本不在乎别人怎么待自己,他们用另一种方式爱敌人,几乎能痛快原谅对方的一切。梭罗借此说:一套道理若建立在“人都在乎自己受苦”的假设上,遇到不怕苦的人就失效。今天可做的是,跟人讲道理前,先弄清对方真正在乎什么。

上下文

梭罗在《瓦尔登湖》中讨论信仰与苦难,引用耶稣会传教士在北美原住民中的经历,说明不同文化对痛苦的态度差异。

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今日一问

你最近一次说服别人失败,是不是因为没弄清对方真正在乎什么?

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