Narrative is one of the best intoxicants or tranquilizers.

  • -- A.S. Byatt A.S.拜亚特

叙事是最好的麻醉剂或镇静剂之一。

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At the heart of every faith system is a bargain: on one side there is the comfort that comes from a narrative that suggests human life has cosmic significance, and on the other a duty to yield to moral commands that can, in the moment, seem rather inconvenient.

每一种信仰体系的核心都是一笔交易:一方面,从一段说明人类生活具有宇宙意义的叙述中获得的慰藉,另一方面,人们有责任服从道德命令,而在目前看来,道德命令可能相当不方便。

People need a sacred narrative. They must have a sense of larger purpose, in one form or another, however intellectualized. They will find a way to keep ancestral spirits alive.

人们需要一个神圣的故事。他们必须有一种更大的目标感,以某种形式存在,无论多么理智。他们将找到一种方法来保持祖先的灵魂活着。