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ボエティウス『哲学の慰め』 (Boethius’s Consolation of Philosophy)
- I was pondering thus in silence and using my pen to set down so tearful a complaint, there appeared standing over my head a woman's form, whose countenance was full of majesty, whose eyes shone as with fire and whose power of insight surpassed that of all men. His visitor is a metaphorical figure whom Boethius terms Lady Philosophy. Lady Philosophy is carrying a pile of classical books in one hand and a sceptre in the other and she has come to visit Boethius in his cell in order to remind him of some of the fundamental truths of his favourite subject, largely as defined by the Stoic school of Greece and Rome. That she should have dropped in on him was, in a sense, no surprise. In the classical world, philosophy was not an abstract academic discipline. It was a set of tools specifically designed to help one live and die well, with particular relevance at the darkest moments. Lady Philosophy begins by gently chiding Boethius for flaring up against his fate. She reminds him, as Stoic philosophers had constantly stressed, that human beings are not in control of most of what happens to them. Our destiny is in large measure in the hands of a devilishly powerful, seductive goddess whom the Romans knew as Fortuna, the goddess of fortune. This figure was a central deity in the Roman pantheon and was represented across the Roman world on coins and statues. She was typically depicted holding a cornucopia in one hand, overflowing with fruit and luxuries, and on the other leaning on a tiller, a marker of her capacity to direct people's fates. Depending on her mood, fortune might either shower us with gifts or, with a blithe smile, steer us towards catastrophe. To be a philosopher means to understand all that fortune controls, to resist her blandishments, to know never to put complete faith in the things that are, ultimately, always in the hands of an immoral and reckless force, and to prepare for the day when we may have to surrender her gifts at a stroke.
その表情は威厳に満ち、その目は炎のように輝き、その洞察力はすべての人を凌駕していた。来訪者はボエティウスが「哲学婦人」と呼ぶ比喩的な人物である。哲学婦人は、片手に古典の書物の山、もう片方の手には杖を持ち、ボエティウスの独房を訪ねてきた。彼女がボエティウスのもとに立ち寄ったことは、ある意味で驚きではなかった。古典の世界では、哲学は抽象的な学問ではなかった。哲学とは、人がよく生き、よく死ぬために特別に設計された道具のセットであり、特に最も暗い瞬間に関連するものであった。レディ・フィロソフィーはまず、運命に逆上
- and to prepare for the day when we may have to surrender her gifts at a stroke.
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- At a stroke, two and a half thousand years of Persian monarchy came to an end.
一気に、2千5百年にわたるペルシャの王政が終わりを告げたのである。
- At a stroke, two and a half thousand years of Persian monarchy came to an end.
核早期警戒システムがアメリカのミサイルの飛来を報告したとき、彼は上官に報告しないことにした。
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- The Constitutional Court has become this extraordinarily powerful conservative referee that can, at a stroke, dismiss prime ministers, dissolve parties, ban people from politics for all sorts of what seem like quite trivial transactions.
ご存知のように、ちょっとした合図や指示で、下位の役人がそれに従うことがよくあります。
- The predecessor of People's Party being dissolved, the Constitutional Court has become this extraordinarily powerful conservative referee that can at a stroke dismiss prime ministers, dissolve parties, ban people from politics for all sorts of what seem like quite trivial transactions.
民衆党の前身が解散させられ、憲法裁判所が、首相を解任したり、政党を解散させたり、一見些細な取引で人々を政治から追放したりできる、驚くほど強力な保守的な審判役になったのです。
なぜ私たちは本当に親切にしたくないのか
- At a stroke, the dichotomy deeply tarnished the appeal of niceness to anyone with the remotest spark of healthy, worldly ambition in their hearts
一気にこの二分法は、心の中に健全で世俗的な野心のわずかな火花を持っている人にとっての優しさの魅力を深く損なってしまった。