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乐中找到自己经常犯的错误。发现自己的错误后,必须强迫自己向相反的方向发展。因为只有远离自己的过失才能达到中庸之道,这就如同我们将一块弯曲的木头重新展平一样。但是无论在何种情况下,我们都应该提防带来欢乐之事以及享乐本身,因为我们无法对之作出公正的裁决……
这一点非常清楚:在我们的所有行为中,中庸之道是一种最受人称道的境界。但是在实际情况中,我们有时会倾向于过度,有时倾向于缺乏,因此这就是达到中庸之道的最简洁的方式,亦即正确之道。
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真正的自由都要受到一定的约束和限制,没有任何限制、不约束的自由是不存在的,这是自律中的一个重要的知识。所以,自律,能使人获得行动的自由。学会自律,是解决人生问题的首要工具,也是消除人生痛苦的重要手段。通过自律,我们就知道在面对问题时,如何以坚毅、果敢的态度,从学习与成长中获得益处。
Aristotle on Self…Discipline
Aristotle
We are the sum of our actions; Aristotle tells us; and therefore our habits make all the difference。 Moral virtue; we learn in this discussion from the Niachean Ethics; es with practice; just like the mastery of any art or mechanical skill。 And what is the best way to practice? Aristotle’s answer lies in his explanation of “the mean。” In his view; correct moral behavior in any given situation lies at the midway point between the extremes of two vices。 We must practice hitting the mean by determining which vice we tend toward and then consciously moving toward the other extreme; until we reach the middle。。 最好的txt下载网
亚里士多德论自律(2)
Virtue; then; is of two kinds; intellectual and moral。 Intellectual virtue springs from and grows from teaching; and therefore needs experience and time。 Moral virtues e from habit。。。 They are in us neither by nature; nor in despite of nature; but we are furnished by nature with a capacity for receiving them; and we develop them through habit。。。 These virtues we acquire by first exercising them; as in the case of other arts。 Whatever we learn to do; we learn by actually doing it: men e to be builders; for instance; by building; and harp players; by playing the harp。 In the same way; by doing just acts we e to be just; by doing self…controlled acts; we e to be self…controlled; and by doing brave acts;
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