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思想形成人的伟大
作者：赵玉勇 人气：
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发布时间：2006-10-21 08:46:49
人不过是一根苇草，是自然界最脆弱的东西；但他是一根能思想的苇草。用不着整个宇宙都拿起武器来才能毁灭他；一口气、一滴水就足以致他死命了。然而，纵使宇宙毁灭了他，人却依然要比致他死命的东西更高贵的多；因为他知道自己要死亡，以及宇宙对他所具有的优势，而宇宙对此却是一无所知。
能思想的苇草—我应该追求自己的尊严，绝不是求之于空间，而是求之于自己的思想的规定。我占有多少土地都不会有用；由于空间，宇宙便囊括了我并吞没了我，有如一个质点；由于思想，我却囊括了宇宙。休 闲 居 编 辑
Blaise Pascal
"Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed. The entire universe need not arm itself to crush him. A vapor, a drop of water suffices to kill him. But, if the universe were to crush him, man would still be more noble than that which killed him, because he knows that he dies and the advantage which the universe has over him, the universe knows nothing of this.
‑‑All our dignity then, consists in thought. By it we must elevate ourselves, and not by space and time which we cannot fill. Let us endavour then, to think well; this is the principle of morality."
--Pascal Pensees 347