【读书笔记】《沉思录》卷一：品质闪烁在良好的传承中07
本书简介：
《沉思录》是古罗马皇帝奥勒留写给自己的书，内容大部分是他在鞍马劳顿中写成的。作品来自奥勒留对身羁宫廷的自己和自己所处混乱世界的感受，追求一种冷静而达观的生活。这部著作是斯多葛学派的一个里程碑，亦是温总理放在枕边，读了不下百遍的书。
本书原文由古希腊文而作，英文版选择比较权威的George Long的版本，中文版选择何怀宏的版本作参考。笔记中的英文释义摘自《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
作者简介：
马可•奥勒留（Marcus Aurelius，公元121—180年），著名的“帝王哲学家”，古罗马帝国皇帝，在希腊文学和拉丁文学、修辞、哲学、法律、绘画方面受过很好的教育，晚期斯多葛学派代表人物之一。奥勒留也许是西方历史上唯一的一位哲学家皇帝。他是一个比他的帝国更加完美的人，他的勤奋工作最终并没有能够挽救古罗马，但是他的《沉思录》却成为西方历史上的伟大名著。
卷一：品质闪烁在良好的传承中（7）
小编语：在卷一中，奥勒留回忆自己身边之人所教会自己的东西，George Long的翻译十分精炼，有些看起来也许不成句子，仅仅是一些词组和短语，但就在字里行间，我们可以感受到作者的思考与自省。
这一期我们继续学习奥勒留评价他父亲的段落。这一期选择记笔记的词都是很常用的，但是在翻译过程中，往往这些常见的词就最难表达的，因为随着语境的不同，能够派生出很多的意思，所以不能照搬词典的解释，而要做适当的意译。
1.15(3) And the things which conduce in any way to the commodity of life, and of which fortune gives an abundant supply, he used without arrogance and without excusing himself; so that when he had them, he enjoyed them without affectation, and when he had them not, he did not want them. No one could ever say of him that he was either a sophist or a home-bred flippant slave or a pedant; but everyone acknowledged him to be a man ripe, perfect, above flattery, able to manage his own and other men's affairs.
Notes：
abundant [adj](formal) existing in large quantities; more than enough
acknowledge + sb or sth/sb to be/ that/sb (as sth) 承认
e.g.: 1) I did not acknowledge that he had done anything wrong. [V that]
2) She refuses to acknowledge the need reform. [VN]
3) He is widely acknowledged as the best player in the world. [VN to inf 动词+名词短语+带to的不定时]
1.15(4) Besides this, he honoured those who were true philosophers, and he did not reproach those who pretended to be philosophers, nor yet was he easily led by them. He was also easy in conversation, and he made himself agreeable without any offensive affectation. He took a reasonable care of his body's health, not as one who was greatly attached to life, nor out of regard to personal appearance, nor yet in a careless way, but so that, through his own attention, he very seldom stood in need of the physician's art or of medicine or external applications. He was most ready to give way without envy to those who possessed any particular faculty, such as that of eloquence or knowledge of the law or of morals, or of anything else; and he gave them his help, that each might enjoy reputation according to his deserts; and he always acted conformably to the institutions of his country, without showing any affectation of doing so. Further, he was not fond of change nor unsteady, but he loved to stay in the same places, and to employ himself about the same things; and after his paroxysms of headache he came immediately fresh and vigorous to his usual occupations.
Notes:
agreeable [adj](formal)
1. pleasant and easy to like
2.[not before noun] ~ (to sth) willing to do sth or allow sth.
e.g.: Do you think they will be agreeable to our proposal?
3. ~ (to sb) able to be accepted by sb
e.g.: The deal must be agreeable to both sides.处理方法必须是双方都可以接受的。
eloquent [adj]
to use language and express your opinions well.
2. (of a look or movement) able to express a feeling
eloquence [n]
e.g.: a speech of passionate eloquence 热情洋溢的演讲
the eloquence of his smile 他意味深长的微笑
看了笔记注释之后，先尝试自己翻译一下吧，参考译文见下：
中文翻译：
1.15(3) 对于幸运所赐的丰富的有益于生命的东西，他不炫耀也不推辞，所以，当他拥有这些东西时，他享受它们且毫不做作；而当他没有这些东西时，他也不渴求它们。没有人能说他像一个诡辩家、一个能说会道的家奴，或者卖弄学问的人，而都承认他是成熟的人，完善的人，不受奉承的影响，能够安排他自己和别人事务的人。
1.15(4) 除此之外他尊重那些真正的哲学家，他不谴责那些自称是哲学家的人，同时又不易受他们的影响。他在社交方面也是容易相处的，他使人感到惬意且毫无损人的装腔作势。他对他的身体健康有一种合理的关心，他既不是太依恋生命，又不是对个人的形象漠不关心（虽然还是有点漫不经心），但他通过自己的注意，仍然很少需要看医生、吃药或进补品。他很乐意并毫无嫉妒心地给拥有任何特殊才能的人开路，像那些具有雄辩才能或拥有法律、道德等知识的人，他给他们以帮助，使每个人都能依其长处而享有名声；他总是按照他的国家的制度行事并毫不做作。而且，他不喜欢变动不居，而是爱好住在同一个地方，专注于同一件事情，在他的头痛病发作过去之后，他又马上焕然一新，精力充沛地去做他通常的工作。