【每日斯多葛】10月26日

October 26th 

THREE PARTS, ONE AIM

“The best and the greatest number of authors have asserted that philosophy consists of three parts: the moral, the natural, and the rational. The first puts the soul in order. The second thoroughly examines the natural order of things. The third inquires into the proper meaning of words, and their arrangements and proofs which keep falsehoods from creeping in to displace truth.”

—SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 89.9

These three parts—the moral, the natural, and the rational—have one aim. As different as they are, they have the same purpose: to help you live a good life ruled by reason.

Not in the future, but right now.

10月26日 

三个部分，一个目标

“最优秀、也是数量最多的思想家都认为，哲学由三个部分组成：伦理学、自然哲学和逻辑学。第一部分使灵魂恢复秩序；第二部分深入探究自然万物的运行规律；第三部分研究词语的确切含义，以及词语的组织方式和论证方法，以防止谬误悄然侵入并取代真理。”

——塞涅卡，《道德书简》，89.9

这三个部分——伦理学、自然哲学和逻辑学——有着共同的目标。尽管它们各不相同，宗旨却完全一致：帮助你过上一种由理性指引的美好生活。

不是在将来的某一天，而是就在此时此刻。