There is perhaps no phenomenon which contains so much destructive feeling as moral indignation, which permits envy or to be acted out under the guise of virtue.

  • -- Erich Fromm 埃里希·弗洛姆

也许没有一种现象比道德上的愤怒包含更多的破坏性情感,道德上的愤怒允许嫉妒,或者在美德的伪装下表现出来。

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My heart burnt within me with indignation and grief; we could think of nothing else. All night long we had only snatches of sleep, waking up perpetually to the sense of a great shock and grief. Every one is feeling the same. I never knew so universal a feeling.

我的心在我里面因忿怒和悲哀烧着。我们想不出别的了。整个晚上,我们只睡了一小会儿,醒来时总是感到非常震惊和悲伤。每个人的感觉都一样。我从未见过如此普遍的感觉。

But you say you are conservative - eminently conservative - while we are revolutionary, destructive, or something of the sort. What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried?

但你说你是保守的——非常保守——而我们是革命性的、破坏性的,或诸如此类的东西。保守主义是什么?它不是坚持旧的和尝试过的,反对新的和未经尝试的吗?

Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, Thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought is great and swift and free.

思想是颠覆性的、革命性的、破坏性的、可怕的,思想对特权、既定制度和舒适的习惯是无情的。思想是伟大的、敏捷的、自由的。

If you're really invested in feeling bad about the world, there are a lot of media outlets out there that you can turn to.

如果你真的对这个世界感到悲观,那么你可以求助于很多媒体。

All moral laws are merely statements that certain kinds of actions will have good effects.

所有的道德法则都只是说明某种行为会产生好的效果。

Despite what they tell you, there are simply no moral absolutes in a complex world.

不管他们告诉你什么,在一个复杂的世界里根本就没有绝对的道德。

After great pain, a formal feeling comes. The Nerves sit ceremonious, like tombs.

在巨大的痛苦之后,一种正式的感觉来了。神经像坟墓一样隆重地坐着。

Indignation. Best fuel I know. Never burns out.

愤慨。我知道的最好的燃料。永远燃烧。