Beyond Good and Evil — Page 7
Or, still more so, the hocus-pocus in mathematical form, by means of which Spinoza has, as it were, clad his philosophy in mail and mask--in fact, the "love of HIS wisdom," to translate the term fairly and squarely--in order thereby to strike terror at once into the heart of the assailant who should dare to cast a glance on that invincible maiden, that Pallas Athene:--how much of personal timidity and vulnerability does this masquerade of a sickly recluse betray!
あるいは、さらにそれ以上に、スピノザが数学的な形式をまとった詐術によって、いわば自らの哲学を鎧と仮面で包んだこと――実際のところ、その言葉を率直に訳せば「彼自身の知恵への愛」――これは、あの無敵の乙女、パラス・アテナに視線を投げかけようとする大胆な攻撃者の心に、即座に恐怖を植えつけるためのものであった。この病弱な隠者の仮装は、いかほどの個人的な臆病さと傷つきやすさを露わにしていることか!
6. It has gradually become clear to me what every great philosophy up till now has consisted of--namely, the confession of its originator, and a species of involuntary and unconscious auto-biography; and moreover that the moral (or immoral) purpose in every philosophy has constituted the true vital germ out of which the entire plant has always grown.
6.これまでのあらゆる偉大な哲学が何から成り立っているか、すなわち、その創始者の告白であり、一種の非意図的かつ無意識の自伝であるということが、私には次第に明らかになってきた。さらに、あらゆる哲学における道徳的(あるいは非道徳的)な目的こそが、植物全体が常にそこから育ってきた真の生命的な胚芽を構成してきたのだということも。
Indeed, to understand how the abstrusest metaphysical assertions of a philosopher have been arrived at, it is always well (and wise) to first ask oneself: "What morality do they (or does he) aim at?"
実際、哲学者の最も難解な形而上学的主張がいかにして導き出されたかを理解するためには、まず自らに問いかけることが常に有益(かつ賢明)である。「それら(あるいは彼)はいかなる道徳を目指しているのか?」と。
Accordingly, I do not believe that an "impulse to knowledge" is the father of philosophy; but that another impulse, here as elsewhere, has only made use of knowledge (and mistaken knowledge!) as an instrument.
したがって、私は「知識への衝動」が哲学の父であるとは考えない。むしろ別の衝動が、ここでも他の場合と同様に、知識(そして誤った知識!)を単なる道具として利用してきたにすぎないと考える。
Vocabulary
- ある
- aru — To exist; to be (for inanimate things)
- さら
- sara — Base of 'furthermore; even more; anew'
- に
- ni — Particle indicating direction, location, or purpose
- それ
- sore — That; it (refers to something near listener)
- 以上
- ijō — More than; beyond; the above-mentioned amount
- が
- ga — Subject marker particle; but; however
- 数学
- sūgaku — Mathematics; the study of numbers and quantities
- 的
- teki — Suffix meaning '-ic' or '-like'; adjectival suffix
- な
- na — Adjectival particle linking na-adjectives to nouns
- 形式
- keishiki — Form; format; formality; prescribed structure
- を
- wo — Object marker particle indicating direct object
- まとっ
- matot(te) — Wearing; cloaked in (conjunctive form of matou)
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary verb; indicates completion
- よっ
- yot(te) — By means of; due to (conjunctive form of yoru)
- て
- te — Conjunctive particle connecting verb phrases
- いわ
- iwa — Stem of 'to say'; as it were (in iwaba)
- ば
- ba — Conditional particle meaning 'if; when; as it were'
- 自ら
- mizukara — Oneself; by oneself; personally
- の
- no — Possessive or linking particle between nouns
- 哲学
- tetsugaku — Philosophy; the academic study of fundamental questions
- 鎧
- yoroi — Armor; protective covering worn in battle
- と
- to — And; with; quotation particle
- 仮面
- kamen — Mask; disguise worn over the face
- で
- de — Particle indicating means, location of action, or cause
- 包ん
- tsutsun(de) — Wrapping; enclosing (conjunctive form of tsutsumu)
- だ
- da — Copula; plain form of 'to be'
- こと
- koto — Thing; fact; matter (nominalizer for verbs)
- 実際
- jissai — In reality; actually; in practice
- ところ
- tokoro — Place; situation; point; circumstance
- その
- sono — That (demonstrative adjective near listener)
- 言葉
- kotoba — Word; language; speech; expression
- 率直
- sotchoku — Frankly; straightforwardly; honestly and directly
- 訳せ
- yakuse — Translate (imperative or conditional form of yakusu)
- 彼
- kare — He; him; that man
- 自身
- jishin — Oneself; himself; herself; itself
- 知恵
- chie — Wisdom; intelligence; wit; cleverness
- へ
- e — Directional particle meaning 'toward; to'
- 愛
- ai — Love; affection; deep emotional attachment
- これ
- kore — This; this thing (near the speaker)
- は
- wa — Topic marker particle highlighting the subject
- あの
- ano — That (over there); that well-known thing or person
- 無敵
- muteki — Invincible; unrivaled; without equal or match
- 乙女
- otome — Maiden; young woman; virgin girl
- 視線
- shisen — Gaze; line of sight; one's look or stare
- 投げかけ
- nageкake — Casting; directing (a glance or question) at someone
- よう
- yō — Appearing to; seeming like; in order to
- する
- suru — To do; to perform; to make happen
- 大胆
- daitan — Bold; daring; audacious; fearlessly aggressive
- 攻撃
- kōgeki — Attack; assault; offensive action against someone
- 者
- mono / sha — Person; one who does something; agent suffix
- 心
- kokoro — Heart; mind; spirit; inner feelings
- 即座
- sokuza — Immediately; instantly; on the spot
- 恐怖
- kyōfu — Fear; terror; dread; intense fright
- 植えつける
- uetsukeru — To instill; to plant (fear, ideas) into someone
- ため
- tame — For the sake of; in order to; because of
- もの
- mono — Thing; object; person; nominalizing noun
- あっ
- at(te) — Being; existing (conjunctive form of aru)
- この
- kono — This (demonstrative adjective near the speaker)
- 病弱
- byōjaku — Weak constitution; sickly; chronically frail health
- 仮装
- kasō — Disguise; costume; masquerade; dressing up as
- 個人
- kojin — Individual; personal; a single private person
- 臆病
- okubyō — Cowardice; timidity; being easily frightened
- さ
- sa — Suffix nominalizing adjectives into abstract nouns
- 傷つき
- kizutsuki — Being wounded; getting hurt; vulnerability
- やす
- yasu — Suffix meaning 'easy to; prone to doing'
- 露わ
- arawa — Exposed; revealed; laid bare; unconcealed
- し
- shi — Verb conjunctive ending; also listing particle
- いる
- iru — To be; to exist (animate beings); progressive marker
- か
- ka — Question particle; or; uncertainty marker
- まで
- made — Until; up to; as far as; even
- あらゆる
- arayuru — Every; all; any possible kind of thing
- 偉大
- idai — Great; grand; magnificent; of exceptional significance
- 何
- nani / nan — What; which; something; anything
- から
- kara — From; since; because; out of
- 成り立っ
- naritat(te) — Being composed of; consisting of; coming to be
- すなわち
- sunawachi — That is; namely; in other words
- 告白
- kokuhaku — Confession; declaration of love or truth
- あり
- ari — Existence; being; there is (classical/formal form)
- 一種
- isshu — A kind of; a sort of; a type of
- 非
- hi — Prefix meaning 'non-; un-; not-'
- 意図
- ito — Intention; purpose; deliberate aim or plan
- かつ
- katsu — And; moreover; simultaneously; at the same time
- 無意識
- muishiki — Unconscious; unaware; the unconscious mind
- 自伝
- jiden — Autobiography; an account of one's own life
- という
- to iu — Called; known as; the fact that
- 私
- watashi — I; me; first-person singular pronoun
- 次第
- shidai — Depending on; as soon as; order; circumstances
- 明らか
- akiraka — Clear; obvious; evident; plainly apparent
- なっ
- nat(te) — Becoming (conjunctive form of naru)
- おける
- okeru — In; at; concerning; pertaining to (formal usage)
- 道徳
- dōtoku — Morality; ethics; moral principles and conduct
- あるいは
- arui wa — Or; alternatively; perhaps; on the other hand
- 目的
- mokuteki — Purpose; goal; objective; intended aim
- こそ
- koso — Emphatic particle meaning 'indeed; precisely; it is'
- 植物
- shokubutsu — Plant; vegetation; flora
- 全体
- zentai — Whole; entirety; overall; the entire thing
- 常
- tsune — Always; usually; constancy; the normal state
- そこ
- soko — There; that place; therein
- 育っ
- sodat(te) — Growing up; being raised (conjunctive form of sodatsu)
- 真
- shin / ma — Truth; genuine; real; authentic
- 生命
- seimei — Life; living; vitality; existence as a living being
- 構成
- kōsei — Composition; structure; forming; making up a whole
- も
- mo — Also; too; even; as many as (inclusive particle)
- 最も
- mottomo — Most; extremely; to the greatest degree
- 難解
- nankai — Difficult to understand; abstruse; hard to comprehend
- 主張
- shuchō — Claim; assertion; insistence; argument put forward
- いかに
- ikani — How; in what way; to what degree
- 導き出さ
- michibikiidasa — Deriving; drawing out; leading to a conclusion
- れ
- re — Passive or potential auxiliary suffix
- 理解
- rikai — Understanding; comprehension; grasping meaning
- まず
- mazu — First of all; to begin with; for now
- 問いかける
- toikakeru — To ask; to pose a question; to inquire of
- 有益
- yūeki — Useful; beneficial; profitable; advantageous
- 賢明
- kenmei — Wise; sensible; prudent; showing good judgment
- それら
- sorera — Those; those things (plural demonstrative pronoun)
- いかなる
- ikanaru — Whatever kind of; any sort of; no matter what
- 目指し
- mezashi — Aiming at; targeting; heading toward a goal
- たがっ
- tagat(te) — Wanting; desiring (conjunctive of tagaru)
- 知識
- chishiki — Knowledge; information; learning; understanding
- 衝動
- shōdō — Impulse; urge; sudden strong desire or drive
- 父
- chichi — Father; dad; one's male parent
- 考え
- kangae — Thought; idea; opinion; way of thinking
- ない
- nai — Not; does not exist; negation of verbs/adjectives
- むしろ
- mushiro — Rather; instead; on the contrary; preferably
- 別
- betsu — Separate; different; another; distinct
- ここ
- koko — Here; this place (near the speaker)
- 他
- hoka / ta — Other; another; the rest; elsewhere
- 場合
- baai — Case; situation; occasion; circumstance
- 同様
- dōyō — Same; likewise; in the same way or manner
- そし
- soshi(te) — And then; and so; conjunction linking clauses
- 誤っ
- ayamat(te) — Mistaken; erring; being wrong (conjunctive of ayamaru)
- 単なる
- tan naru — Mere; simple; nothing more than; only
- 道具
- dōgu — Tool; instrument; utensil; means to an end
- 利用
- riyō — Use; utilization; making use of something
- すぎ
- sugi — Too much; excessive; going beyond a limit
- 考える
- kangaeru — To think; to consider; to ponder; to reflect
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