Chapter Five The Return of One’s Life
第一节 人生的回归是种无人能够违抗的自然规律
Section One The Return of One’s life Is a Natural Law Nobody Can Disobey
从科学角度看,所有活着的生物都有生命的终结,那是自然的恩惠之一,事实如此。所以,我们说万物方生方死,是至理名言。这也是为什么我们说人生的回归是种无人能够违抗的自然规律,死亡正如出生一样自然。
From a scientific perspective, all living things have the close of life as one of the boons of nature. Suchis the fact. That’s why we say it is a famous dictum that all living things start dying as soon as they were born.
That’s also why we say that the return of one’s life is a natural law nobody can disobey, and it is as natural todie as to be born.
这里的“自然”是什么意思?它与人及其生死有什么关系?这是近来越来越多人很感兴趣的问题,我们最好要心里明白。
What does Nature mean here? What is the relationship between Nature and human beings and theirlives and deaths? This is a question more and more people are very interested in recently. We’d better have aclear idea in our minds.
《朗文当代英语辞典》(最新版)定义“自然”是“物质世界里不受人控制的一切东西,如野生植物、动物、泥土、岩石和气候”。《新牛津英语词典》定义“自然”。为“物质世界共同的各种现象,包括植物、动物、地形及地球上的各种产物与人或人造物相对照的总称”。人及其生死与自然的关系十分密切:植物给予我们呼吸的新鲜......