“思想的芦苇”释义
文/周年洋
我的博客一直以“思想的芦苇”作为名称。这五个字来自于帕斯卡尔的《思想录》（商务印书馆出版），“人只不过是一根苇草（流行翻译是“芦苇”），是自然界最脆弱的东西；但他是一根能思想的苇草。用不着整个宇宙都拿起武器来才能毁灭他；一口气、一滴水就足以致他死命了。然而，纵使宇宙毁灭了他，人却仍然要比致他死命的东西更高贵得多；因为他知道自己要死亡，以及宇宙对他具有的优势，而宇宙对此却是一无所知。因而我们的全部尊严就在于思想。”“思想形成人的伟大。”（P157－158）
附录：
A Thinking Weed
by Blaise Pascal
Thought constitutes the greatness of man.
Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed. The entire universe need not arm itself to crush him. A vapour, a drop of water suffices to kill him. But, if the universe were to crush him, man would still be more noble than that which killed him, because he knows that he dies and the advantage which the universe has over him; the universe knows nothing of this.
All our dignity consists then in thought. By it we must elevate ourselves, and not by space and time wh
文/周年洋
我的博客一直以“思想的芦苇”作为名称。这五个字来自于帕斯卡尔的《思想录》（商务印书馆出版），“人只不过是一根苇草（流行翻译是“芦苇”），是自然界最脆弱的东西；但他是一根能思想的苇草。用不着整个宇宙都拿起武器来才能毁灭他；一口气、一滴水就足以致他死命了。然而，纵使宇宙毁灭了他，人却仍然要比致他死命的东西更高贵得多；因为他知道自己要死亡，以及宇宙对他具有的优势，而宇宙对此却是一无所知。因而我们的全部尊严就在于思想。”“思想形成人的伟大。”（P157－158）
附录：
A Thinking Weed
by Blaise Pascal
Thought constitutes the greatness of man.
Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed. The entire universe need not arm itself to crush him. A vapour, a drop of water suffices to kill him. But, if the universe were to crush him, man would still be more noble than that which killed him, because he knows that he dies and the advantage which the universe has over him; the universe knows nothing of this.
All our dignity consists then in thought. By it we must elevate ourselves, and not by space and time wh