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有关爱因斯坦的英语作文
the world as i see it
- albert einstein -
how strange is the lot of us mortals! each of us is here for a
brief sojourn; for what purpose be knows not, though he
sometimes thinks he senses it. but without deeper reflection
one knows from daily life that one exists for other people-first
of all for those upon whose smiles and well-being our own
happiness is wholly dependent, and then for the many,
unknown to us, to whose destinies we are bound by the ties of
sympathy. a hundred times every day i remind myself that my
inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men,living
and dead, and that i must exert myself in order to give in the
same measure as i have received and am still receiving. i am
strongly drawn to a frugal life and am often oppressively aware
that i am engrossing an undue amount of the labor of my
fellow-men. i regard class distinctions as unjustified and, in
the last resort, based on force. i also believe that a simple and
unassuming life is good for everybody, physically and
mentally.
i do not at all believe in human freedom in the philosophical
sense. everybody acts not only under external compulsion but
also in accordance with inner necessity. schopenhauer?s
saying, a man can do what he wants,but not want what he
wants, has been a very real inspiration to me since my youth; it
has been a continual consolation in the face of life?s
hardships, my own and others?, and an unfailing well-spring of
tolerance. this realization mercifully mitigates the easily
paralyzing sense of responsibility and prevents us from taking
ourselves and other people all too seriously; it is conducive to
a view of life which, in particular, gives humor its due.
to inquire after the meaning or object of one?s own existence
or that of all creatures has always seemed to me absurd from
an objective point of view. and yet everybody has certain
ideals which determine the direction of his endeavors and his
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