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。

卷六10

6.30 It is in our power to have no opinion about a thing, and not to be disturbed in our soul; for things themselves have no natural power to form our judgements.

6.31 Accustom thyself to attend carefully to what is said by another, and as much as it is possible, be in the speaker's mind.

6.32 If sailors abused the helmsman or the sick the doctor, would they listen to anybody else; or how could the helmsman secure the safety of those in the ship or the doctor the health of those whom he attends?

6.33 To the jaundiced honey tastes bitter, and to those bitten by mad dogs water causes fear; and to little children the ball is a fine thing. Why then am I angry? Dost thou think that a false opinion has less power than the bile in the jaundiced or the poison in him who is bitten by a mad dog?

 Notes: 
jaundiced [adj]not expecting somebody/something to be good or useful, especially because of experiences that you have had in the past

6.34 What kind of people are those whom men wish to please, and for what objects, and by what kind of acts? How soon will time cover all things, and how many it has covered already.

 先尝试自己翻译一下吧,参考译文见下:

中文翻译:
6.30 对一件事不发表任何意见,使我们的灵魂不受扰乱,这是在我们力量范围之内的事情,因为事物本身并没有自然的力量形成我们的判断。

6.31 使你习惯于仔细地倾听别人所说的话,尽可能地进入说话者的心灵。

6.32 如果水手辱骂舵手或病人辱骂医生,他们还会听任何别的人的意见吗,或者舵手能保证那些在船上的人的安全、医生能保证那些他所诊治的人的健康吗?

6.33 对于黄疸病者来说,蜜尝起来是苦的;对于狂犬病患者来说,水会引起恐惧;对于孩子们来说,球是一种好东西。那么我为什么生气呢?你不认为一个错误的意见和黄疸病患者体内的胆汁或狂犬病患者体内的毒素一样有力量吗?

6.34 那么人们希望讨好的人是一种什么样的人呢?是因为什么目的,通过何种行为来讨好他们呢?时间要多么迅速地覆盖一切,而且它已经覆盖了多少东西啊!

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