年轻人不解地问苏格拉底为什么要这样做,苏格拉底回答说:“我只想告诉你,做什么事都必须有绝处求生那么大的决心,才能获得真正的成就。”
The young man asked Socrates with puzzle why he did that, Socrates replied
对他来说为什么他要那么做并不是秘密——“我可能看到别人遭受那样的痛苦会害怕,甚至不想去帮助。”他虽然这样说,但还是不能完全解释怎样会发生这样的事。
It's no mystery to him why he did what he did - "I would be such a horrible human being to watch someone suffer like that and not even try to help," he says-but he can't quite figure out how.
那根本不是我的目的,我为什么要那么做?
那个女人对我为什么那么心烦意乱很困惑,便说道:“你要求我这么做的,你要怎么样嘛?”
The woman is confused as to why I am so upset, saying "you asked me to do this. What did you expect?"
告诉我这是怎么回事,解释一下你为什么要这样做,那么,我将为能消除你的疑虑而感到满足。
Tell me what it is, explain the grounds on which you acted, and I shallbe satisfied, in being able to satisfy you.
当然,我们有时可以达到目标,因为做一些不会让我们紧张的事情,但是如果我们要达到目标的方式令人很讨厌,那么为什么我还朝那个方向前进呢?
Yes, sometimes to reach a goal we end up doing things that don't totally thrill us, but if we're reaching for a goal whose path is loathsome, then why head in that direction?
噢!我究竟干了些什么?我为什么要那么做呢?
噢!我究竟干了些什么?我为什么要那么做呢?
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