On Liberty — Page 5
He died in 1873, his last years being spent peacefully in the pleasant society of his step-daughter, from whose tender care and earnest intellectual sympathy he caught maybe a far-off reflection of the light which had irradiated his spiritual life.
Ele morreu em 1873, tendo passado seus últimos anos tranquilamente na agradável companhia de sua enteada, de cujos ternos cuidados e sincera simpatia intelectual ele captou talvez um reflexo longínquo da luz que havia irradiado sua vida espiritual.
II.
II.
The circumstances under which John Stuart Mill wrote his _Liberty_ are largely connected with the influence which Mrs. Taylor wielded over his career.
As circunstâncias sob as quais John Stuart Mill escreveu sua obra _Liberdade_ estão amplamente ligadas à influência que a Sra. Taylor exerceu sobre sua carreira.
The dedication is well known.
A dedicatória é bastante conhecida.
It contains the most extraordinary panegyric on a woman that any philosopher has ever penned.
Ela contém o mais extraordinário panegírico a uma mulher que qualquer filósofo jamais escreveu.
"Were I but capable of interpreting to the world one-half the great thoughts and noble feelings which are buried in her grave, I should be the medium of a greater benefit to it than is ever likely to arise from anything that I can write, unprompted and unassisted by her all but unrivalled wisdom."
"Se eu fosse capaz de interpretar ao mundo apenas metade dos grandes pensamentos e nobres sentimentos que estão sepultados em seu túmulo, eu seria o meio de um benefício maior do que qualquer coisa que eu possa escrever, sem o estímulo e sem o auxílio de sua sabedoria quase sem igual."
It is easy for the ordinary worldly cynicism to curl a sceptical lip over sentences like these.
É fácil para o cinismo mundano comum torcer os lábios com ceticismo diante de frases como estas.
There may be exaggeration of sentiment, the necessary and inevitable reaction of a man who was trained according to the "dry light" of so unimpressionable a man as James Mill, the father; but the passage quoted is not the only one in which John Stuart Mill proclaims his unhesitating belief in the intellectual influence of his wife.
Pode haver exagero de sentimento, a reação necessária e inevitável de um homem que foi educado segundo a "luz fria" de um homem tão pouco impressionável quanto James Mill, o pai; mas a passagem citada não é a única na qual John Stuart Mill proclama sua inabalável crença na influência intelectual de sua esposa.
The treatise on _Liberty_ was written especially under her authority and encouragement, but there are many earlier references to the power which she exercised over his mind.
O tratado sobre a _Liberdade_ foi escrito especialmente sob sua autoridade e encorajamento, mas há muitas referências anteriores ao poder que ela exerceu sobre sua mente.
Vocabulary
- morreu
- moh-HHEH-oo — Past tense of 'morrer'; he/she died
- tendo
- TEHN-doo — Gerund of 'ter'; having, used in compound tenses
- passado
- pah-SAH-doo — Past participle of 'passar'; passed or spent time
- últimos
- OOL-tee-moos — Adjective meaning 'last' or 'final' (plural)
- tranquilamente
- tran-kee-lah-MEHN-tee — Adverb meaning 'calmly' or 'peacefully'
- agradável
- ah-grah-DAH-vehl — Adjective meaning 'pleasant' or 'agreeable'
- companhia
- kom-pah-NYEE-ah — Noun meaning 'company' or 'companionship'
- enteada
- ehn-tee-AH-dah — Noun meaning 'stepdaughter'
- cujos
- KOO-zhoos — Relative possessive pronoun meaning 'whose' (masculine plural)
- ternos
- TEHR-noos — Adjective meaning 'tender' or 'affectionate' (plural)
- cuidados
- kwee-DAH-doos — Noun meaning 'care' or 'attentiveness' (plural)
- sincera
- seen-SEH-rah — Adjective meaning 'sincere' or 'genuine' (feminine)
- simpatia
- seem-pah-CHEE-ah — Noun meaning 'sympathy', 'warmth', or 'affinity'
- intelectual
- een-teh-lehk-too-AHL — Adjective meaning 'intellectual' or relating to the mind
- captou
- kahp-TOH — Past tense of 'captar'; captured or perceived something
- talvez
- tahl-VEHZ — Adverb meaning 'perhaps' or 'maybe'
- reflexo
- heh-FLEHK-soo — Noun meaning 'reflection' or 'reflex'
- longínquo
- lon-ZHEEN-kwoo — Adjective meaning 'distant' or 'remote'
- luz
- looz — Noun meaning 'light'
- havia
- ah-VEE-ah — Imperfect tense of 'haver'; there was or had
- irradiado
- ee-hah-djee-AH-doo — Past participle of 'irradiar'; radiated or emanated light
- espiritual
- ehs-pee-ree-too-AHL — Adjective meaning 'spiritual' or relating to the spirit
- circunstâncias
- seer-koon-STAHN-see-ahs — Noun meaning 'circumstances' or 'conditions' (plural)
- sob
- sohb — Preposition meaning 'under' or 'beneath'
- quais
- kwahees — Relative pronoun meaning 'which' (plural)
- escreveu
- ehs-kreh-VEH-oo — Past tense of 'escrever'; he/she wrote
- obra
- OH-brah — Noun meaning 'work' or 'literary/artistic creation'
- _Liberdade_
- lee-behr-DAH-djee — Noun meaning 'liberty' or 'freedom'; title of Mill's essay
- estão
- ehs-TAHN — Third person plural of 'estar'; they are
- amplamente
- ahm-plah-MEHN-tee — Adverb meaning 'widely' or 'broadly'
- ligadas
- lee-GAH-dahs — Past participle of 'ligar'; connected or linked (feminine plural)
- influência
- een-floo-EHN-syah — Noun meaning 'influence' or 'effect on someone'
- Sra
- sehn-YO-rah — Abbreviation of 'Senhora'; meaning 'Mrs.' or 'Ms.'
- exerceu
- eh-zehr-SEH-oo — Past tense of 'exercer'; exerted or exercised influence
- carreira
- kah-HHEH-ee-rah — Noun meaning 'career' or 'professional path'
- dedicatória
- deh-djee-kah-TOH-ryah — Noun meaning 'dedication' written at the start of a book
- bastante
- bahs-TAHN-tee — Adverb or adjective meaning 'quite', 'enough', or 'rather'
- conhecida
- kohn-yeh-SEE-dah — Adjective meaning 'known' or 'well-known' (feminine)
- contém
- kon-TEHM — Third person singular of 'conter'; contains or holds
- extraordinário
- ehs-trah-or-djee-NAH-ryoo — Adjective meaning 'extraordinary' or 'remarkable'
- panegírico
- pah-neh-ZHEE-ree-koo — Noun meaning 'panegyric'; a speech of elaborate praise
- qualquer
- kwahl-KEHR — Adjective or pronoun meaning 'any' or 'whichever'
- filósofo
- fee-LOH-zoo-foo — Noun meaning 'philosopher'
- jamais
- zhah-MAHEES — Adverb meaning 'never' or 'ever' (in negative context)
- fosse
- FOH-see — Imperfect subjunctive of 'ser/ir'; were or went (hypothetical)
- capaz
- kah-PAHZ — Adjective meaning 'capable' or 'able'
- interpretar
- een-tehr-preh-TAR — Verb meaning 'to interpret' or 'to explain'
- apenas
- ah-PEH-nahs — Adverb meaning 'only', 'just', or 'merely'
- metade
- meh-TAH-djee — Noun meaning 'half' of something
- pensamentos
- pehn-sah-MEHN-toos — Noun meaning 'thoughts' or 'ideas' (plural)
- nobres
- NOH-brees — Adjective meaning 'noble' or 'dignified' (plural)
- sentimentos
- sehn-tee-MEHN-toos — Noun meaning 'feelings' or 'emotions' (plural)
- sepultados
- seh-pool-TAH-doos — Past participle of 'sepultar'; buried or entombed (plural)
- túmulo
- TOO-moo-loo — Noun meaning 'tomb' or 'grave'
- seria
- seh-REE-ah — Conditional of 'ser'; would be
- meio
- MEH-yoo — Noun or adjective meaning 'half', 'middle', or 'means'
- benefício
- beh-neh-FEE-syoo — Noun meaning 'benefit' or 'advantage'
- maior
- mah-YOR — Adjective meaning 'greater' or 'larger' (comparative)
- possa
- POH-sah — Present subjunctive of 'poder'; may or might be able
- escrever
- ehs-kreh-VEHR — Verb meaning 'to write'
- estímulo
- ehs-CHEE-moo-loo — Noun meaning 'stimulus' or 'encouragement'
- auxílio
- ow-KSEE-lyoo — Noun meaning 'aid', 'help', or 'assistance'
- sabedoria
- sah-beh-doh-REE-ah — Noun meaning 'wisdom' or 'knowledge'
- quase
- KWAH-zee — Adverb meaning 'almost' or 'nearly'
- igual
- ee-GWAHL — Adjective meaning 'equal' or 'same'
- fácil
- FAH-seel — Adjective meaning 'easy' or 'simple'
- cinismo
- see-NEEZ-moo — Noun meaning 'cynicism' or 'cynical attitude'
- mundano
- moon-DAH-noo — Adjective meaning 'worldly' or 'mundane'
- comum
- koh-MOON — Adjective meaning 'common' or 'ordinary'
- torcer
- tor-SEHR — Verb meaning 'to twist' or 'to curl' (lips in disdain)
- lábios
- LAH-byoos — Noun meaning 'lips' (plural)
- ceticismo
- seh-tee-SEEZ-moo — Noun meaning 'skepticism' or 'doubtful attitude'
- diante
- djee-AHN-tee — Preposition meaning 'before', 'in front of', or 'faced with'
- frases
- FRAH-zees — Noun meaning 'phrases' or 'sentences' (plural)
- estas
- EHS-tahs — Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'these' (feminine plural)
- Pode
- POH-djee — Third person singular of 'poder'; can or may
- haver
- ah-VEHR — Verb meaning 'to have' or 'there to be' (impersonal)
- exagero
- eh-zah-ZHEH-roo — Noun meaning 'exaggeration' or 'excess'
- sentimento
- sehn-tee-MEHN-too — Noun meaning 'feeling' or 'emotion'
- reação
- heh-ah-SAHN — Noun meaning 'reaction' or 'response'
- necessária
- neh-seh-SAH-ryah — Adjective meaning 'necessary' or 'required' (feminine)
- inevitável
- ee-neh-vee-TAH-vehl — Adjective meaning 'inevitable' or 'unavoidable'
- foi
- foy — Past tense of 'ser/ir'; was or went
- educado
- eh-doo-KAH-doo — Past participle of 'educar'; educated or raised (masculine)
- segundo
- seh-GOON-doo — Preposition meaning 'according to'; also 'second'
- fria
- FREE-ah — Adjective meaning 'cold' or 'cool' (feminine)
- tão
- tahn — Adverb meaning 'so' or 'as' (before adjective)
- pouco
- POH-koo — Adverb or adjective meaning 'little', 'few', or 'not much'
- impressionável
- eem-preh-syoh-NAH-vehl — Adjective meaning 'impressionable' or 'easily influenced'
- quanto
- KWAHN-too — Adverb or pronoun meaning 'how much' or 'as much as'
- passagem
- pah-SAH-zhehm — Noun meaning 'passage', 'excerpt', or 'transition'
- citada
- see-TAH-dah — Past participle of 'citar'; cited or quoted (feminine)
- única
- OO-nee-kah — Adjective meaning 'only' or 'unique' (feminine)
- qual
- kwahl — Relative pronoun meaning 'which' or 'who' (singular)
- proclama
- proh-KLAH-mah — Third person singular of 'proclamar'; proclaims or declares
- inabalável
- ee-nah-bah-LAH-vehl — Adjective meaning 'unshakeable' or 'unwavering'
- crença
- KREHN-sah — Noun meaning 'belief' or 'faith'
- esposa
- ehs-POH-zah — Noun meaning 'wife' or 'spouse (female)'
- tratado
- trah-TAH-doo — Noun meaning 'treatise' or 'treaty'; also past participle of tratar
- escrito
- ehs-KREE-too — Past participle of 'escrever'; written
- especialmente
- ehs-peh-syahl-MEHN-tee — Adverb meaning 'especially' or 'particularly'
- autoridade
- ow-toh-ree-DAH-djee — Noun meaning 'authority' or 'power'
- encorajamento
- ehn-koh-rah-zhah-MEHN-too — Noun meaning 'encouragement' or 'motivation'
- há
- ah — Third person singular of 'haver'; there is/are or ago
- muitas
- MOO-ee-tahs — Adjective meaning 'many' or 'a lot of' (feminine plural)
- referências
- heh-feh-REHN-syahs — Noun meaning 'references' or 'mentions' (plural)
- anteriores
- ahn-teh-RYOH-rees — Adjective meaning 'previous' or 'earlier' (plural)
- poder
- poh-DEHR — Verb meaning 'to be able to'; also noun meaning 'power'
- mente
- MEHN-tee — Noun meaning 'mind' or 'intellect'
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