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罗素论人生：我为什么而活Three passions，simple but overwhelmingly1） strong，have governed my life：the longing for love，the search for knowledge，and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.These passions，like great winds，have blown me hither and thither2），in a way－ward course，over a deep ocean of anguish，reaching to the very verge of despair. 　　I have sought love，first，because it brings ecstasy3）——ecstasy so great that I would often have sacrificed all the rest of life for a few hours of this joy.I have sought it，next，because it relieves loneliness——that terrible loneliness in which one shivering consciousness looks over the rim of the world into the cold unfathomable lifeless abyss4）。I have sought it，finally，because in the union of love I have seen，in a mystic miniature5），the prefiguring6） vision of the heaven that saints and poets have imagined.This is what I sought，and though it might seem too good for human life，this is what——at last——I have found. 　　With equal passion I have sought know ledge.I have wished to understand the hearts of men.I have wished to know why the stars shine.And I have tried to apprehend the Pythagorean7） power by which number holds sway above the flux.A little of this，but not much，I have achieved. 　　Love and knowledge，so far as they were possible，led upward the heavens.But always pity brought me back to earth.Echoes of cries of pain reverberate8） in my heart.Children in famine，victims tortured by oppressors，helpless old people a hated burden to their sons，and the whole of loneliness，poverty，and pain make a mockery9） of what human life should be.I long to alleviate the evil，and I too suffer. 　　This has been my life.I have found it worth living，and would gladly live it again if the chance were offered me. 　　（From Russell s Views on Life） 　　三种单纯然而极其强烈的激情支配着我的一生，那就是对于爱情的渴望，对于知识的追求，以及对于人类苦难痛彻肺腑的怜悯。这些激情犹如狂风，把我在伸展到绝望边缘的深深的苦海上东抛西掷，使我的生活没有定向。 　　我追求爱情，首先因为它叫我销魂，爱情令人销魂的魅力使我常常乐意为了几小时这样的快乐而牺牲生活中其他的一切。我追求爱情，又因为它能减轻孤独感——那种一个颤抖的灵魂望着世界边缘之外冰冷而无生命的无底深渊时所感到的可怕的孤独。我追求爱情