英雄与母亲

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• I ought to have added that mere faith cannot be counted as an ethical ideal either, because it too is an unconscious transformation of libido. Faith is a charisma for those who possess it, but it is no way for those who need to understand before they can believe. This is a matter of temperament and cannot be discounted as valueless. For, ultimately, even the believer believes that God gave man reason, and for something better than to lie and cheat with. Although we naturally believe in symbols in the first place, we can also understand them, and this is indeed the only viable way for those who have not been granted the charisma of faith. (查看原文)

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• 在此基础上我还要补充一点，即单纯的信心也还算不得道德的理想境界，因为它本身也是力比多的一种潜意识转化形式。对拥有信心的人来说，信心是他们身上的一道魅力光环，但对于那些需要先理解才能相信的人来说，信心并不是解决之道。此乃个人的禀性差异，不应将其斥为品性鄙劣。因为，归根结底，就连虔诚者也相信，神赐予人思考的能力，本意是要人用它来做些比说谎和欺骗更高尚的事情。尽管我们从来就有能力自然而然地相信象征，但我们还有能力理解它们，实际上，对那些没有被赐予信心光环的人来说，这也是唯一可行的一条路。 (查看原文)

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