卷六09

6.26 When thou wishest to delight thyself, think of the virtues of those who live with thee; for instance, the activity of one, and the modesty of another, and the liberality of a third, and some other good quality of a fourth. For nothing delights so much as the examples of the virtues, when they are exhibited in the morals of those who live with us and present themselves in abundance, as far as is possible. Wherefore we must keep them before us.

6.27 Thou art not dissatisfied, I suppose, because thou weighest only so many litrae and not three hundred. Be not dissatisfied then that thou must live only so many years and not more; for as thou art satisfied with the amount of substance which has been assigned to thee, so be content with the time.

6.28 Let us try to persuade them (men). But act even against their will, when the principles of justice lead that way. If however any man by using force stands in thy way, betake thyself to contentment and tranquility, and at the same time employ the hindrance towards the exercise of some other virtue; and remember that thy attempt was with a reservation, that thou didst not desire to do impossibilities. What then didst thou desire?- Some such effort as this.- But thou attainest thy object, if the things to which thou wast moved are accomplished.

6.29 He who loves fame considers another man"s activity to be his own good; and he who loves pleasure, his own sensations; but he who has understanding, considers his own acts to be his own good.

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中文翻译：
6.26 当你打算投身快乐时，想想那些和你生活在一起的人的德性，例如某个人的，另一个人的谦虚，第三个人的慷慨，第四个人的某一别的好品质。因为当德性的榜样在与我们一起生活的人身上展示，并就其可能充分地呈现自身时，没有什么能比它们更使人快乐的了。因此我们必须把这些榜样置于我们的面前。

6.27 我猜想，你不会因你体重只有这么些利特内而不是300利特内而不满。 那么，也不要不满于你必定只活这么些年而不是更长时间，因为，正像你满足于分派给你的身体重量，你也满足于分派给你的时间长度。

6.28 让我们努力说服他们（人们）。当正义的原则指向这条路时，要循这条路前行，即使这违背他们的意志。然如果有什么人用强力挡你的路，那么使自己进入满足和宁静，同时利用这些障碍来训练别的德性，记住你的意图是有保留的，你并不欲做不可能的事情。那么你欲望什么呢？－某种像这样的努力。－而如果你被推向的事情被完成了，你就达到了你的目的。

6.29 一个热爱名声的人把另一个人的行动看做是对他自己有利的；那热爱快乐的人也把另一个人的行动看做是对他自己的感官有利的；但有理智的人则把他自己的行为看做是对他自己有利的。