沉思录

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版权页：插图：WE ought to consider not only that our Life is daily wasting away and a smaller part of it is left，but another thing also must be taken into the account， that if a man should live longer, it is quite uncertain whether the understanding will still continue sufficient for the comprehension of things，and retain the power of contemplation which strives to acquire the knowledge of the divine and the human．For if he shall begin to fall into dotage，perspiration and nutrition and imagination and appetite，and whatever else there is of the kind，will notfail；but the power of making use of ourselves，and filling up the measure of our duty, and clearly separating all appearances，and considering whether a man should now depart from life，and whatever else of the kind absolutely requires a disciplined reason，all this is already extinguished．We must make haste then， not only because we are daily nearer to death，but also because the conception of things and the understanding of them cease first．我们忧虑的，不应当是生命在一天天消逝，来日不多，我们更应当考虑，假若长寿，我们怎么能拥有和保持把握事物、领悟事物的能力，能够不断地思考?如果人的思想开始迟钝，虽然他能够呼吸、消化和体能依然存在，但支配自己，明确义务，感受事物，对结束生命的时机准确判断的能力，却已经衰退，而这一切绝对需要一种良好的理性能力。所以我们必须抓紧时机，这不仅仅是我们在一天天地接近死亡，而是因为我们对事物的理解力和观察力会在死亡之前逐渐衰退。

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读《沉思录(英汉对照)》，可以让自己回归宁静，回归自然。这是一本值得细细品味和典藏的哲学精品！在这喧嚣的尘世，充满激情与欲望，如何摈弃一切无用而琐碎的思想，冷静而豁达地对待生活？

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