问答题 Some old people are oppressed by the fear of death. In the young there is a justification for this feeling. Young men who have reason to fear that they will be killed in battle may justifiably feel bitter in the thoughtful that they have been cheated of the best things that life has to offer. But in an old man who has known human joys and sorrows, and has achieved whatever work it was in him to do, the fear of death is somewhat abject and ignoble. The best way to overcome it—so at least it seems to me—is to make your interests gradually wider and more impersonal, until bit by bit the walls of the ego recede, and your life becomes increasingly merged in the universal life.无
【正确答案】有些老人因害怕死亡而苦恼。年轻人害怕死亡是可以理解的,有些年轻人担心他们会在战斗中丧身。一想到会失去生活能够给予他们的种种美好事务,他们就感到痛苦。这种担心并不是无缘无故的,也是情有可原的。但是,对于一位经历了人世的悲欢、履行了个人职责的老人,害怕死亡就有些可怜且可耻了。克服这种恐惧的最好办法是——至少我是这样看的——逐渐扩大你的兴趣范围并使其不受个人情感的影响,直至包围自我的围墙一点一点地离开你,而你的生活则越来越融合于大家的生活之中。
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