Beyond Good and Evil — Page 10
You desire to LIVE "according to Nature"? Oh, you noble Stoics, what fraud of words!
あなたは「自然に従って」生きることを望むのか？ああ、高貴なるストア派の人々よ、なんという言葉の欺瞞か！
Imagine to yourselves a being like Nature, boundlessly extravagant, boundlessly indifferent, without purpose or consideration, without pity or justice, at once fruitful and barren and uncertain:
自然のような存在を想像してみよ。限りなく奔放で、限りなく無関心で、目的も配慮もなく、憐れみも正義もなく、同時に豊かであり不毛であり不確かである存在を。
imagine to yourselves INDIFFERENCE as a power--how COULD you live in accordance with such indifference?
無関心を一つの力として想像してみよ――そのような無関心に従って、いったいどうやって生きることができるというのか？
To live--is not that just endeavouring to be otherwise than this Nature?
生きるということ――それはまさにこの自然とは異なるものであろうとする努力ではないのか？
Is not living valuing, preferring, being unjust, being limited, endeavouring to be different?
生きることとは、価値を定め、選好し、不公正であり、制限され、異なろうとする努力ではないのか？
And granted that your imperative, "living according to Nature," means actually the same as "living according to life"--how could you do DIFFERENTLY?
そして仮に、あなたたちの命法である「自然に従って生きる」が実際には「生命に従って生きる」と同じ意味であるとすれば――どうして違ったやり方ができようか？
Why should you make a principle out of what you yourselves are, and must be?
なぜ、あなたたち自身がそうであり、そうでなければならないものから、原理を作り出そうとするのか？
In reality, however, it is quite otherwise with you: while you pretend to read with rapture the canon of your law in Nature, you want something quite the contrary, you extraordinary stage-players and self-deluders!
しかし実際には、あなたたちの事情はまったく異なる。あなたたちは自然の中に自分たちの法の規範を恍惚として読み取るふりをしながら、まったく正反対のものを望んでいるのだ、この非凡な役者たちよ、自己欺瞞者たちよ！
In your pride you wish to dictate your morals and ideals to Nature, to Nature herself, and to incorporate them therein;
あなたたちは自らの誇りゆえに、自分たちの道徳と理想を自然に、自然そのものに押しつけ、それらを自然の中に組み込もうとする。
you insist that it shall be Nature "according to the Stoa," and would like everything to be made after your own image, as a vast, eternal glorification and generalism of Stoicism!
あなたたちは自然が「ストア派に従った」自然であるべきだと主張し、すべてのものが自分たちの像に倣って作られることを望む――ストア主義の広大で永遠なる賛美と一般化として！
Vocabulary
- あなた
- anata — You; second-person singular pronoun in Japanese.
- は
- wa — Topic-marking particle indicating the sentence topic.
- 自然
- shizen — Nature; the natural world; something occurring naturally.
- に
- ni — Particle indicating direction, time, or manner.
- 従って
- shitagatte — Following; in accordance with; therefore.
- 生きる
- ikiru — To live; to exist; to be alive.
- こと
- koto — Thing; fact; act; nominalizer for verb phrases.
- を
- wo — Object-marking particle indicating direct object.
- 望む
- nozomu — To wish for; to desire; to hope for something.
- の
- no — Possessive or nominalizing particle in Japanese.
- か
- ka — Question particle placed at end of sentence.
- ああ
- aa — Ah; oh; exclamation of realization or emotion.
- 高貴
- kouki — Noble; distinguished; of high dignity or rank.
- なる
- naru — To become; attributive form linking adjective to noun.
- ストア
- sutoa — Stoic; referring to the ancient Stoic philosophy school.
- 派
- ha — Faction; school of thought; sect or group.
- 人々
- hitobito — People; various persons; the general populace.
- よ
- yo — Vocative or emphatic particle addressing someone directly.
- なんという
- nan to iu — What a…!; exclamatory expression of surprise or irony.
- 言葉
- kotoba — Word; language; expression; speech.
- 欺瞞
- giman — Deception; fraud; the act of deceiving others.
- よう
- you — Manner; way; appears like; resembling something.
- な
- na — Adjectival particle connecting na-adjectives to nouns.
- 存在
- sonzai — Existence; being; entity that exists.
- 想像
- souzou — Imagination; to imagine or picture something mentally.
- し
- shi — Conjunctive form of suru; and; doing.
- て
- te — Conjunctive particle connecting sequential or causal actions.
- みよ
- miyo — Try doing; imperative form of miru (to try).
- 限りなく
- kagirinaku — Endlessly; without limit; infinitely; boundlessly.
- 奔放
- honpou — Unrestrained; free-spirited; wild and uninhibited behavior.
- で
- de — Particle indicating means, location of action, or cause.
- 無関心
- mukanshin — Indifference; lack of interest or concern for something.
- 目的
- mokuteki — Purpose; goal; objective; aim one pursues.
- も
- mo — Also; too; even; particle adding or emphasizing.
- 配慮
- hairyo — Consideration; thoughtfulness; careful attention to others.
- なく
- naku — Without; lacking; negative conjunctive form of nai.
- 憐れみ
- awaremi — Pity; compassion; feeling sorry for someone's suffering.
- 正義
- seigi — Justice; righteousness; moral correctness in society.
- 同時
- douji — Simultaneous; at the same time; concurrently.
- 豊か
- yutaka — Abundant; rich; plentiful; prosperous in resources or quality.
- あり
- ari — Existence; being; conjunctive form of aru (to be).
- 不毛
- fumou — Barren; sterile; unproductive; yielding no results.
- 不確か
- futashika — Uncertain; unreliable; vague; lacking definite certainty.
- ある
- aru — To exist; to be; to have (inanimate things).
- 一つ
- hitotsu — One; a single unit; one piece of something.
- 力
- chikara — Power; strength; force; ability or capability.
- と
- to — And; with; quotation particle; conditional particle.
- その
- sono — That; the (near listener); demonstrative determiner.
- いったい
- ittai — What on earth; in the world; used for emphasis.
- どう
- dou — How; in what way; in what manner.
- やって
- yatte — Doing; by doing; conjunctive of yaru (to do).
- が
- ga — Subject-marking particle; but; contrasting conjunction.
- できる
- dekiru — To be able to; can; to be possible.
- いう
- iu — To say; to call; to be called or named.
- それ
- sore — That; that thing (near listener); pronoun.
- まさに
- masani — Exactly; precisely; indeed; truly; just as expected.
- この
- kono — This; demonstrative determiner near the speaker.
- 異なる
- kotonaru — To differ; to be different; to vary from something.
- もの
- mono — Thing; object; person; abstract nominalizer.
- あろう
- arou — Probably is; volitional or presumptive form of aru.
- する
- suru — To do; to perform; general action verb.
- 努力
- doryoku — Effort; endeavor; hard work toward a goal.
- ない
- nai — Not; does not exist; negative form.
- 価値
- kachi — Value; worth; merit of something.
- 定め
- sadame — Fate; rule; to determine or establish something.
- 選好
- senkou — Preference; favoring one option over another.
- 不公正
- fukousei — Injustice; unfairness; lack of equitable treatment.
- 制限
- seigen — Restriction; limitation; a set boundary or constraint.
- さ
- sa — Nominalizing suffix; or casual filler particle.
- れ
- re — Passive or potential auxiliary verb suffix form.
- そして
- soshite — And then; furthermore; connecting events sequentially.
- 仮に
- karini — Hypothetically; supposing; even if; for argument's sake.
- あなたたち
- anatatachi — You all; plural second-person pronoun in Japanese.
- 命法
- meihou — Imperative; command; directive ordering specific action.
- 実際
- jissai — Actually; in reality; in practice; the real situation.
- 生命
- seimei — Life; living existence; vitality of a living being.
- 同じ
- onaji — Same; identical; equal; not different from another.
- 意味
- imi — Meaning; significance; sense of a word or action.
- すれ
- sure — Conditional form of suru; if one does.
- ば
- ba — Conditional particle meaning if or when.
- 違った
- chigatta — Different; wrong; past attributive form of chigau.
- やり方
- yarikata — Way of doing; method; approach to a task.
- なぜ
- naze — Why; for what reason; interrogative adverb.
- 自身
- jishin — Oneself; one's own self; reflexive pronoun.
- そう
- sou — So; that way; like that; in that manner.
- なけれ
- nakere — Conditional negative form of nai; if not.
- なら
- nara — If; in that case; conditional assumption particle.
- から
- kara — From; because; since; starting point particle.
- 原理
- genri — Principle; fundamental rule or basis of something.
- 作り出そう
- tsukuridasou — Let's create; volitional form of tsukuridasu.
- しかし
- shikashi — However; but; nevertheless; contrastive conjunction.
- 事情
- jijou — Circumstances; situation; state of affairs; reasons.
- まったく
- mattaku — Completely; entirely; indeed; utterly; totally.
- 中
- naka — Inside; among; within; the middle of something.
- 自分たち
- jibuntachi — Ourselves; we ourselves; first-person plural reflexive.
- 法
- hou — Law; rule; method; legal or moral norm.
- 規範
- kihan — Norm; standard; model of correct behavior.
- 恍惚
- koukotsu — Ecstasy; rapture; being entranced or enraptured.
- 読み取る
- yomitoru — To read and understand; to decipher meaning from something.
- ふり
- furi — Pretense; acting as if; feigning a behavior.
- ながら
- nagara — While doing; simultaneous action conjunction.
- 正反対
- seihantai — Exact opposite; completely contrary to something else.
- 望んで
- nozonde — Wishing; desiring; conjunctive form of nozomu.
- いる
- iru — To be; to exist; used for animate beings.
- だ
- da — Is; copula asserting a state or identity.
- 非凡
- hibon — Extraordinary; exceptional; out of the ordinary.
- 役者たち
- yakushatachi — Actors; performers; those playing roles.
- 自己
- jiko — Self; oneself; the ego or individual self.
- 者たち
- monotachi — People; those who; a group of persons.
- 自ら
- mizukara — Oneself; by oneself; personally; of one's own accord.
- 誇り
- hokori — Pride; honor; a sense of personal dignity.
- ゆえ
- yue — Therefore; because; due to; reason or cause.
- 道徳
- doutoku — Morality; ethics; moral principles guiding behavior.
- 理想
- risou — Ideal; an aspired perfect standard or vision.
- 押しつけ
- oshitsuke — Imposition; forcing something upon others.
- それら
- sorera — Those; plural demonstrative pronoun for multiple things.
- 組み込もう
- kumikomou — Let's incorporate; volitional of kumikomu (to build in).
- 従った
- shitagatta — Followed; obeyed; past tense of shitagau.
- べき
- beki — Should; ought to; expressing moral obligation.
- 主張
- shuchou — Assertion; claim; insistence on a particular view.
- すべて
- subete — All; everything; entirely; the whole of something.
- 像
- zou — Image; statue; figure; likeness of something.
- 倣って
- naratte — Imitating; following the example of; modeled after.
- 作ら
- tsukura — Stem of tsukuru (to make); used in passive constructions.
- れる
- reru — Passive auxiliary; to be done to; passive suffix.
- 主義
- shugi — Principle; doctrine; an -ism or ideology.
- 広大
- koudai — Vast; immense; expansive; extremely wide in scope.
- 永遠
- eien — Eternity; forever; everlasting; without end.
- 賛美
- sanbi — Praise; admiration; glorification of something or someone.
- 一般化
- ippanka — Generalization; making something broadly applicable or universal.
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