Beyond Good and Evil — Page 3
The philosophy of the dogmatists, it is to be hoped, was only a promise for thousands of years afterwards, as was astrology in still earlier times, in the service of which probably more labour, gold, acuteness, and patience have been spent than on any actual science hitherto: we owe to it, and to its "super-terrestrial" pretensions in Asia and Egypt, the grand style of architecture.
独断論者たちの哲学は、その後何千年もの間、単なる約束に過ぎなかったと望まれるのであり、それはさらに古い時代の占星術がそうであったように、その占星術の探求においておそらくこれまでのいかなる実際の科学よりも多くの労働と金と鋭敏さと忍耐が費やされてきたのであり、私たちはアジアとエジプトにおけるその「超地上的」な主張に対して、建築の壮大な様式を負っているのである。
It seems that in order to inscribe themselves upon the heart of humanity with everlasting claims, all great things have first to wander about the earth as enormous and awe-inspiring caricatures: dogmatic philosophy has been a caricature of this kind--for instance, the Vedanta doctrine in Asia, and Platonism in Europe.
永遠の主張をもって人類の心に刻み込まれるためには、すべての偉大なものはまず巨大で畏敬の念を起こさせる戯画として地上をさまよわなければならないように思われる。独断的哲学はこの種の戯画であった――たとえばアジアにおけるヴェーダーンタの教義や、ヨーロッパにおけるプラトン主義がそれである。
Let us not be ungrateful to it, although it must certainly be confessed that the worst, the most tiresome, and the most dangerous of errors hitherto has been a dogmatist error--namely, Plato's invention of Pure Spirit and the Good in Itself.
それに対して感謝を忘れてはならない。ただし、これまでの誤りの中で最悪で最も煩わしく最も危険なものが独断論的な誤りであったことは確かに認めなければならない――すなわち、プラトンによる純粋精神そのものと善そのものの発明がそれである。
But now when it has been surmounted, when Europe, rid of this nightmare, can again draw breath freely and at least enjoy a healthier--sleep, we, WHOSE DUTY IS WAKEFULNESS ITSELF, are the heirs of all the strength which the struggle against this error has fostered.
しかし今やそれが克服され、ヨーロッパがこの悪夢から解放されて再び自由に息をし、少なくともより健全な――眠りを享受できるようになった今、覚醒そのものを義務とする私たちは、この誤りとの闘いが育んできたすべての力の継承者である。
It amounted to the very inversion of truth, and the denial of the PERSPECTIVE--the fundamental condition--of life, to speak of Spirit and the Good as Plato spoke of them; indeed one might ask, as a physician: "How did such a malady attack that finest product of antiquity, Plato?
精神と善についてプラトンが語ったように語ることは、真理のまさしき転倒であり、生の根本的条件である遠近法の否定にほかならなかった。実際、医師として次のように問うこともできるだろう――「いかにしてそのような病が古代最高の産物であるプラトンを襲ったのか？
Vocabulary
- 独断論者
- dokudanronsha — Person who asserts opinions dogmatically without sufficient evidence.
- たち
- tachi — Plural marker for people; group of persons.
- 哲学
- tetsugaku — Philosophy; the study of fundamental truths and principles.
- その後
- sono go — After that; afterwards; subsequently in time.
- 単なる
- tan'naru — Mere; simple; only; nothing but.
- 約束
- yakusoku — Promise; agreement; appointment; commitment made.
- 過ぎ
- sugi — Pass; go by; exceed; go too far.
- なかった
- nakatta — Was not; did not exist; negation of past.
- 望ま
- nozoma — Desire; wish for; hope; want something.
- れる
- reru — Passive voice suffix; can be done; is able.
- あり
- ari — Exist; there is; have; be present.
- それ
- sore — That; it; that thing; that one.
- さらに
- sarani — Furthermore; moreover; additionally; even more so.
- 古い
- furui — Old; ancient; aged; not new or recent.
- 時代
- jidai — Period; era; age; epoch in history.
- そう
- sou — So; like that; in that manner; that way.
- あった
- atta — Was; existed; there was; past tense.
- よう
- you — Like; as; seem; appears; manner or style.
- その
- sono — That; that particular; the said; such.
- 探求
- tankyu — Investigation; inquiry; search; exploration for truth.
- おいて
- oite — In; at; on; locational particle in formal style.
- おそらく
- osoraku — Probably; perhaps; seemingly; most likely.
- これまで
- kore made — Until now; so far; hitherto; up to present.
- いかなる
- ikanaru — What kind of; any; whatever; no matter what.
- 実際
- jissai — Actually; in fact; in reality; practically.
- 科学
- kagaku — Science; scientific study; natural philosophy.
- より
- yori — Than; from; more; by; via; comparative.
- 多く
- ooku — Many; much; a lot; numerous; abundant.
- 労働
- rodou — Labor; work; toil; labor; hard work.
- 忍耐
- nintai — Patience; endurance; perseverance; forbearance; tolerance.
- 費やさ
- tsuiyasa — Spend; expend; consume; use up resources.
- アジア
- ajia — Asia; the Asian continent and region.
- エジプト
- ejiputo — Egypt; ancient and modern Egyptian nation.
- おける
- okeru — In; at; on; locational particle in formal writing.
- 主張
- shuchou — Assertion; claim; advocacy; argument; insistence.
- 対して
- taishite — Against; toward; to; in contrast with.
- 建築
- kenchiku — Architecture; building; construction; structural design.
- 壮大
- soudai — Grand; magnificent; splendid; imposing; majestic.
- 様式
- youshiki — Style; form; format; manner; design pattern.
- 負っ
- ou — Bear; carry; shoulder; assume responsibility.
- いる
- iru — Be; exist; stay; present; progressive aspect.
- ある
- aru — Be; exist; have; there is; possess.
- 永遠
- eien — Eternity; forever; permanent; infinite; everlasting.
- もって
- motte — With; by means of; using; through.
- 人類
- jinrui — Humanity; mankind; human race; human kind.
- ため
- tame — For; in order to; because of; sake.
- すべて
- subete — All; everything; whole; every; entire.
- 偉大
- idai — Great; grand; outstanding; magnificent; eminent.
- もの
- mono — Thing; object; person; creature; matter.
- まず
- mazu — First; at first; firstly; initially; before.
- 巨大
- kyodai — Huge; enormous; gigantic; massive; colossal.
- 畏敬
- ikei — Reverence; awe; respect; veneration; admiration.
- 起こさ
- okosa — Cause; bring about; raise; produce; awaken.
- せる
- seru — Causative suffix; cause to; make; allow.
- として
- to shite — As; in the role of; functioning as.
- 地上
- chijou — Ground; earth; surface; terrestrial; on earth.
- なけれ
- nakere — If not; unless; conditional negative form.
- なら
- nara — If; in case of; conditional particle.
- ない
- nai — Not; not exist; negation; absence.
- 思わ
- omowa — Think; believe; suppose; consider; reflect.
- 独断的
- dokudanteki — Dogmatic; asserting without proof; opinionated.
- この
- kono — This; this particular; the; such.
- たとえば
- tatoeeba — For example; for instance; such as.
- 教義
- kyougi — Doctrine; teaching; dogma; creed; principle.
- ヨーロッパ
- youroppa — Europe; the European continent and region.
- 主義
- shugi — Principle; doctrine; ideology; ism; philosophy.
- 感謝
- kansha — Thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness.
- 忘れ
- wasure — Forget; neglect; overlook; lose memory.
- ただし
- tadashi — However; though; but; provided that; yet.
- 誤り
- ayamari — Error; mistake; fault; blunder; wrong.
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