Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience — Page 13
The incessant anxiety and strain of some is a well nigh incurable form of disease.
Die unaufhörliche Angst und Anspannung mancher Menschen ist eine nahezu unheilbare Form der Krankheit.
We are made to exaggerate the importance of what work we do; and yet how much is not done by us!
Wir neigen dazu, die Bedeutung unserer Arbeit zu übertreiben; und doch, wie vieles wird nicht von uns getan!
or, what if we had been taken sick?
Oder was wäre, wenn wir krank geworden wären?
How vigilant we are!
Wie wachsam wir sind!
determined not to live by faith if we can avoid it; all the day long on the alert, at night we unwillingly say our prayers and commit ourselves to uncertainties.
Entschlossen, nicht im Glauben zu leben, wenn wir es vermeiden können; den ganzen Tag lang auf der Hut, beten wir nachts widerwillig und überlassen uns den Ungewissheiten.
So thoroughly and sincerely are we compelled to live, reverencing our life, and denying the possibility of change.
So vollständig und aufrichtig sind wir gezwungen zu leben, unser Leben ehrend und die Möglichkeit des Wandels verleugnend.
This is the only way, we say; but there are as many ways as there can be drawn radii from one centre.
Dies ist der einzige Weg, sagen wir; aber es gibt so viele Wege, wie Radien von einem Mittelpunkt gezogen werden können.
All change is a miracle to contemplate; but it is a miracle which is taking place every instant.
Jede Veränderung ist ein Wunder, über das man nachsinnen kann; aber es ist ein Wunder, das sich in jedem Augenblick vollzieht.
Confucius said, "To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge."
Konfuzius sagte: „Zu wissen, dass wir wissen, was wir wissen, und dass wir nicht wissen, was wir nicht wissen, das ist wahres Wissen."
When one man has reduced a fact of the imagination to be a fact to his understanding, I foresee that all men at length establish their lives on that basis.
Wenn ein Mensch eine Tatsache der Vorstellungskraft zu einer Tatsache seines Verstandes gemacht hat, sehe ich voraus, dass alle Menschen schließlich ihr Leben auf dieser Grundlage aufbauen.
Let us consider for a moment what most of the trouble and anxiety which I have referred to is about, and how much it is necessary that we be troubled, or, at least, careful.
Lassen Sie uns einen Moment darüber nachdenken, worum es bei den meisten der Sorgen und Ängste geht, auf die ich hingewiesen habe, und wie notwendig es ist, dass wir beunruhigt oder zumindest vorsichtig sind.
Vocabulary
- Die
- The (definite article, feminine singular or plural)
- unaufhörliche
- Unceasing, continuous, relentless without interruption
- Angst
- Fear, anxiety, dread or apprehension
- und
- And (conjunction connecting words or clauses)
- Anspannung
- Tension, stress, nervous strain or pressure
- mancher
- Some, many a, certain (indefinite pronoun)
- Menschen
- People, humans, mankind or persons
- ist
- Is (third person singular present of sein)
- eine
- A, an (indefinite article, feminine or neuter)
- nahezu
- Nearly, almost, practically or approximately
- unheilbare
- Incurable, incapable of being healed or cured
- Form
- Form, shape, manner or way
- der
- The (definite article, masculine or neuter)
- Krankheit
- Illness, disease, sickness or medical condition
- Wir
- We (first person plural pronoun)
- neigen
- Tend, incline, lean or be disposed to
- dazu
- To it, to that, thereto or for it
- die
- The (definite article, feminine singular or plural)
- Bedeutung
- Meaning, significance, importance or sense
- unserer
- Our (possessive adjective, feminine or plural)
- Arbeit
- Work, labor, job, employment or task
- zu
- To, at, in or too (preposition/adverb)
- übertreiben
- Exaggerate, overstate, go too far or overdo
- doch
- Yet, still, however or but (conjunction)
- wie
- How, like, as, in what way
- vieles
- Much, a lot, many things or plenty
- wird
- Will, becomes (third person singular of werden)
- nicht
- Not (negation particle or adverb)
- von
- By, from, of (preposition indicating agency)
- uns
- Us, we (first person plural accusative)
- getan
- Done (past participle of tun)
- Oder
- Or (conjunction expressing alternatives)
- was
- What, which, something (interrogative pronoun)
- wäre
- Would be (subjunctive II of sein)
- wenn
- If, when (conditional conjunction)
- wir
- We (first person plural pronoun)
- krank
- Sick, ill, diseased (adjective)
- geworden
- Become, became (past participle of werden)
- wären
- Would be (subjunctive II plural of sein)
- Wie
- How, as, like (interrogative adverb)
- wachsam
- Vigilant, watchful, alert or cautious
- sind
- Are (second/third person plural of sein)
- Entschlossen
- Determined, resolved, decided firmly or resolute
- im
- In the (contraction of in dem)
- Glauben
- Belief, faith, believing or trust
- leben
- Live, dwell, exist (infinitive verb)
- es
- It, that (third person singular pronoun)
- vermeiden
- Avoid, prevent, evade or shun
- können
- Can, be able to, may (modal verb)
- den
- The (definite article, masculine accusative)
- ganzen
- Whole, entire, complete or all
- Tag
- Day (unit of time, daytime)
- lang
- Long, along (adjective or preposition)
- auf
- On, upon, up, at (preposition)
- Hut
- Hat, guard, caution (noun)
- beten
- Pray, pray to (infinitive verb)
- nachts
- At night, nights (adverb)
- widerwillig
- Reluctantly, unwillingly, with reluctance or aversion
- überlassen
- Leave to, entrust, abandon or cede
- Ungewissheiten
- Uncertainties, uncertainties, doubts or unknowns
- So
- So, thus, in this way
- vollständig
- Completely, entirely, fully or wholly
- aufrichtig
- Sincere, genuine, honest, truthful
- gezwungen
- Forced, compelled, constrained or obliged
- unser
- Our (possessive adjective, singular)
- Leben
- Life, living, existence (noun)
- ehrend
- Honoring, respecting, doing honor to
- Möglichkeit
- Possibility, chance, opportunity or potential
- des
- The (definite article, genitive singular)
- Wandels
- Change, transformation, alteration or conversion
- verleugnend
- Denying, disavowing, renouncing or repudiating
- Dies
- This, this one (demonstrative pronoun)
- einzige
- Only, sole, unique, single
- Weg
- Way, path, road or route
- sagen
- Say, tell, speak (infinitive verb)
- aber
- But, yet, however (conjunction)
- gibt
- Gives, there is (third person of geben)
- so
- So, thus, such (adverb)
- viele
- Many, much, a lot (adjective)
- Wege
- Ways, paths, roads (plural noun)
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