1959年，伯特兰•罗素寄语未来

1959年，伯特兰·罗素寄语未来

1959年，BBC采访伯特兰·罗素（Bertrand Russell）时所问的最后一个问题： 

Interviewer: One last question. Earl Russell. Suppose that this film will be looked at by our descendants like the Dead Sea scroll in a thousand years’ time, what would you think is worth telling about that generation about the life you lived and the lessons you learned from it?  

记者：最后一个问题，罗素勋爵，假定这段录像，将被我们的后人看到，如同死海古卷一般，在一千年后被人看见。您觉得有什么该对他们那一代人说的呢？有关您的一生，以及一生的感悟。

Earl Russell: I should like to say two things, one intellectual and one moral.  

The intellectual thing I should want to say to them is this, when you are studying any matter, or considering any philosophy, ask yourself only, what are the facts, and what is the truth to the facts bear out. Never let yourself be diverted, either by what you wish to believe, or what you think would have beneficent social effects if it were believed. But look only and solely at what are the fact. That is the intellectual thing I should wish to say.  

The moral thing I should wish to say to them is very simple. I should say love is wish, hatred is foolish. In this world which is getting more closely and closely interconnected. We have to learn to tolerate each other.

 We have to learn to put up with the fact that some people say things we don’t like. We can only live together in that way. If we are to live together, not die together. We must learn a kind of charity and a kind of tolerance which is absolutely vital to the continuation of human life on this planet. 

罗素：我想要说两点，其一关乎智慧，其二关乎道德。 有关智慧，我想对他们说的是：  

不管你是在研究什么事物，还是在思考任何观点，只问你自己，事实是什么，以及这些事实所证实的真理是什么。  

永远不要让自己被自己所更愿意相信的，或者认为人们相信了，会对社会更加有益的东西所影响。只是单单地去审视，什么才是事实。  这是我想说的，关乎智慧的一点。  

我想对他们说的有关道德的一点，十分简单。  我要说：爱是明智的，恨是愚蠢的。  

在这个日益紧密相连的世界，我们必须学会容忍彼此，我们必须学会接受这样一个事实：总会有人说出我们不想听的话。只有这样，我们才有可能共同生存。  

而假如我们想要共存，而非共亡，我们就必须学会这种宽容与忍让，因为他们对于人类在这个星球上的存续，是至关重要的。

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