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    March 17

    070317—骄傲的竞争者——《A Year With C .S. Lewis》

    070317—骄傲的竞争者——《A Year With C .S. Lewis

     

    如果你想知道自己有多么骄傲,最容易的办法就是问问自己:“在别人对我冷眼相待,或是忽视我的存在,或是对我多管闲事,或是摆出一付屈尊俯就的姿态,或是自我炫耀的时候,我对此究竟有多么反感。”关键在于,每个人的骄傲都和旁人的骄傲处于竞争状态。正因为我要在晚会上独领风骚,若是别人抢了我的风头,我才会如此恼怒。同行总是冤家。

     

    现在,你要明了的是,骄傲在本质上就是竞争性的——它生来就要竞争——而其他的恶习处于竞争状态只能说是事出偶然。骄傲并不能从占有中获得快乐,只有当占有得多过别人时,它才会感到满足。我们常说,人们会因富有、聪明或漂亮而骄傲,但事实并非如此。只有当他们比别人更加富有、更加聪明、更加漂亮时,他们才会感到骄傲。如果其他每个人都是同等的富有、聪明或漂亮,那就没有什么好骄傲的了。

     

    比较是骄傲的源泉:骄傲就是超过其他人的快乐。竞争的因素一旦不复存在,骄傲也就不复存在。在某种意义上,骄傲的本质就是竞争性的,而其他恶习则不是……如果东西少得不足以满足每个人,那么贪婪也可以驱使人去竞争;但是骄傲的人即使所得已超过了所需,他还会攫取更多的东西,以维护他的力量。人们经常把邪恶归咎于贪婪或自私,但只有骄傲才是几乎所有这些邪恶的真正滥觞。

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    lillian luwrote:
    Great!
    Mar. 19

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