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人性本善

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ID: 0187 Advanced
看过儿童摇着头背诵古文的样子吗？听过他们背《三字经》吗？“人之初，性本善。……”它的开头告诉了我们，人出生的时候都是善良的，这一“美丽的理想”。说起人性，我们需要了解中西方哲学家的不同观点。本课就将探讨人性这个有点儿深奥又有点儿严肃的话题。
Mon Jul 24 2006 | Jenny, Connie
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
哲学 zhéxué philosophy
哲理 zhélǐ philosophical theory
人性 rénxìng human (nature)
费解 fèijiě difficult to comprehend
人之初，性本善。性相近，习相远。苟不教，性乃迁。......
at birth ，xìng běn shàn 。xìng xiāng jìn ，xí xiāng yuǎn 。gǒu bù jiào ，xìng nǎi qiān 。......
People are born good. Their natures are much the same, but their practices become very different. If, foolishly, they are not taught, their natures will diverge.
你在背《三字经》吗？
nǐ zài bèi 《Sānzìjīng 》ma ？
Are you reciting ''The Three Character Classic"?
对啊。今天我们上哲学课，老师提到了人性本善还是本恶的这个论题。我就想到了小时候背过的《三字经》，现在读来还是充满了哲理啊。
duì a 。jīntiān wǒmen shàng zhéxué kè ，lǎoshī tídào le rénxìng běn shàn háishi běn è de zhège lùntí 。wǒ jiù xiǎngdào le xiǎoshíhou bèi guo de 《Sānzìjīng 》，xiànzài dúlái háishì chōngmǎn le zhélǐ a 。
Yeah. Today in philosophy class, the teacher asked whether people are inherently good or evil. I thought of the ''Three Character Classic" that we read when we were young. Reading it now, it's full of philosophical meaning.
这么说你是赞同人性本善的观点？
zhème shuō nǐ shì zàntóng rénxìng běn shàn de guāndiǎn ？
So do you believe in the idea that people are inherently good?
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