It is the fear of death that launches men on their quest for eternity: its only advantage is forgetfulness.
正是由于死亡的恐惧才驱使一个人寻求永恒:它唯一的价值是忘却。
Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.
因为几乎所有事情——外人的期待,内心的骄傲,对于失败或出丑的恐惧——所有这些事情在死亡面前,都会消失,只留下那些真正重要的事情。
In Kaechon, I did not even know such emotions existed. The only emotion I ever knew was fear: fear of beatings, fear of starvation, fear of torture and fear of death.
在价川,我真不知道还有这样的感受存在,在那里我唯一感受就是恐惧:害怕挨揍,害怕饥饿,害怕受刑,害怕死。
So, the modern state, as we know it and still have it, in many ways grew out of the Hobbesian desire for security and the fear of death that can only be achieved at the expense of the desire for honor and glory.
所以我们知道的现代国家的建立,正如霍布斯所论,是人们对安全的渴求而导致的,只要一个人仍对荣誉有着强烈的渴求,他就永远不会对死亡产生恐惧。
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