人贫穷的时候不快乐;富裕的时候也不快乐。
People are not happy when they are poor; They are not happy when they are rich.
有工作的时候不快乐,失业当然不快乐。
When you have a job, you're not happy.
健康的时候不快乐,生病的时候更不快乐。
Not happy when you are healthy, and less happy when you are ill.
伊壁鸠鲁(古希腊哲学家、伊壁鸠鲁学派的创始人)就曾经列出他的快乐清单:
Epicurus, the ancient Greek philosopher and founder of the epicureans, once listed his happy list:
品尝美食、聆听美妙的音乐、看见美丽的事物、性的欢愉,还有哲学的思索。
Tasting food, listening to the wonderful music, seeing beautiful things, sexual pleasure, and philosophical thinking.
「愉悦派哲学家」们为了突显快乐的条件,曾列出一个简易表格,大致抄录如下:
"Pleasure parties philosophers" in order to highlight conditions, listed a simple form, transcribing roughly as follows:
A. 自然且必要的:朋友、自由、思想、食物、庇护、衣服。
A. natural and necessary: friends, food, shelter, clothing, freedom, and thought.
B. 自然却不必要的:豪宅、私人大浴室、盛宴、仆人。
B. nature is unnecessary: a person of extraordinary powers curtilage, servants, private bathroom, feast.
C. 不自然也不必要的:名望与权力。
C. don't nature also unnecessary: fame and power.
根据这份快乐表格,我们很快地发现现代人不快乐的理由。
Happy, according to the table, we quickly found that modern people unhappy reason.
现代人除了相信爱情会带来快乐外,还相信金钱等同快乐,奢华则等同快乐的极致。
In addition to the modern people believe love will bring happiness, but also believe money equal to happiness, the perfection of luxury is equal to happiness.