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家园 人"生来"就是不平等的,独立宣言的那句

“All men are created equel.”被译为“人人生而平等”其实并不妥帖。杰斐逊用词如此讲究之人,面对如此重要的檄文,每个字都会沉吟再三,决不会信手拈来。英文中明明有个“born”表示生,为什么杰斐逊就不用它呢?是因为生(born)人在家庭、环境等因素的影响下并不是人人平等的,而造物主的造 (created)人却是一视同仁的。

我是自由民主博爱的死忠,独立宣言我能背诵,但每一次看,还是热血沸腾。真想谈谈自己对免煮柿油的理解——冒着砖头。

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

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