我为何而活

• 来源期刊: 海外英语
• 年，卷（期）: 2007,（8）
• 页码范围: 76-77
• 页数: 2页
• 语种: 中文

摘要

BY BERTRAND RUSSELL伯兰特·罗素 伯兰特·罗素(1872~1970),英国著名哲学家、数学家和文学家.他在多个领域都取得了巨大成就.他所著的《西方的智慧》《西方哲学史》对中国读者影响很大. THREE PASSIONS, SIMPLE BUT OVERWHELMINGLY STRONG, HAVE GOVERNED MY LIFE: THE LONGING FOR LOVE, THE SEARCH FOR KNOWLEDGE, AND UNBEARABLE PITY FOR THE SUFFERING OF MANKIND. THESE PASSIONS, LIKE GREAT WINDS, HAVE BLOWN ME HITHER AND THITHER, IN A WAYWARD COURSE, OVER A DEEP OCEAN OF ANGUISH, REACHING TO THE VERGE OF DESPAIR. I HAVE SOUGHT LOVE, FIRST, BECAUSE IT BRINGS ECSTASY -ECSTASY SO GREAT THAT I WOULD HAVE SACRIFICED ALL THE REST OF LIFE FOR A FEW HOURS OF THIS JOY. I HAVE SOUGHT IT, NEXT, BECAUSE IT RELIEVES LONELINESS-THAT TERRIBLE LONELINESS IN WHICH ONE SHIVERING CONSCIOUSNESS LOOKS OVER THE RIM OF THE WORLD INTO COLD UNFATHOMABLE LIFELESS ABYSS. I HAVE SOUGHT IT, FINALLY, BECAUSE IN THE UNION OF LOVE I HAVE SEEN, IN A MYSTIC MINIATURE, THE PREFIGURING VISION OF THE HEAVEN THAT SAINTS AND POETS HAVE IMAGINED. THIS IS WHAT I SOUGHT, AND THOUGH IT MIGHT SEEM TOO GOOD FOR HUMAN LIFE, THIS IS WHAT-AT LAST-I HAVE FOUND. WITH EQUAL PASSION I HAVE SOUGHT KNOWLEDGE. I HAVE WISHED TO UNDERSTAND THE HEARTS OF MEN, I HAVE WISHED TO KNOW WHY THE STARS SHINE. AND I HAVE TRIED TO APPREHEND THE PYTHAGOREAN POWER BY WHICH NUMBER HOLDS AWAY ABOVE THE FLUX. A LITTLE OF THIS, BUT NOT MUCH, I HAVE ACHIEVED. LOVE AND KNOWLEDGE, SO FAR AS THEY WERE POSSIBLE, LED UPWARD TOWARD THE HEAVENS. BUT ALWAYS PITY BROUGHT ME BACK TO EARTH. ECHOES OF CRIES OF PAIN REVERBERATED IN MY HEART. CHILDREN IN FAMINE, VICTIMS TORTURED BY OPPRESSORS, HELPLESS OLD PEOPLE A HATED BURDEN TO THEIR SONS, AND THE WHOLE WORLD OF LONELINESS, POVERTY, AND PAIN MAKE A MOCKERY OF WHAT HUMAN LIFE SHOULD BE. I LONG TO ALLEVIATE THE EVIL, BUT I CANNOT, AND I TOO SUFFER. THIS HAS BEEN MY LIFE. I HAVE FOUND IT WORTH LIVING, AND I WOULD GLADLY LIVE IT AGAIN IF THE CHANCE WERE OFFERED TO ME. 三种简单却极其强烈的情感主宰着我的生活:对爱的渴望、对知识的追求、对人类痛苦的难以承受的怜悯之心.