《查拉图斯特拉如是说·第一部》第18节
If ye believed more in life, then would ye devote yourselves less to the momentary. But for waiting, ye have not enough of capacity in you—nor even for idling! Everywhere resoundeth the voices of those who preach death; and the earth is full of those to whom death hath to be preached. Or “life eternal”; it is all the same to me—if only they pass away quickly!— Thus spake Zarathustra.
注释摘要
这一段里，查拉图斯特拉把前面的死亡说教者稍稍换了一个角度来审视——这回他针对的，已经不再是那些公开鼓吹厌世、自杀或“永恒生命”的人，而是那些以劳碌和焦躁填满生命、却同样没有能力真正生活的人。 “你们要是更相信生命，就不会那样耽于瞬间了。”这句话要留神。尼采在这里并不是在提倡某种东方式的“活在当下”，恰恰相反，他批评的正是那种抓不住片刻就要溺毙般的贪婪。耽于…