【背景】四月份收到的禮物--這本C.S.Lewis的經(jīng)典合集，驚喜地發(fā)現(xiàn)身邊居然不少C.S.Lewis的粉絲；七月份組織了一個英文讀書會BookClub，計劃從第一本MereChristianity開始慢慢讀。于是就有了這個 “Daily Post”系列。

Book 1, Chapter 1,第一卷,第一章 人類天性法則

In this chapter, Lewis begins with anobservation from?a common scene of people quarrelling. He notes,??

It looks, in fact, very much as if both partieshad in mind some kind of Law or Rule of fair play or decent behaviour ormorality, or whatever you call it, about which they really agreed.

, and adds

Quarrelling means trying to show? thatthe other man is in the wrong.

這一章，Lewis從一些常見的吵架場景開始。他指出：‘實(shí)際上，看起來爭吵雙方的心中都有某種關(guān)于公平競爭、體面行為的道德律或規(guī)則，在這一點(diǎn)上他們實(shí)際上是一致的’，否則就像動物一樣打架得了。并補(bǔ)充道：‘爭吵意味著試圖證明對方是錯誤的?！?/p>

He refers to the concept of Right and Wrong traditionally known as the Law of Human Nature. Unlike laws of gravity orchemistry, which are compulsory, the Law of Human Nature allows for choice; man can choose to obey or disobey it.?他指出“對與錯的概念”傳統(tǒng)上被稱為人類天性法則。與重力法則或化學(xué)法則這些強(qiáng)制性法則不同，人類天性法則允許選擇；人類可以選擇遵守或不遵守它

Lewis counters the argument that?

a Law of Nature or decent behaviour known to all men is unsound, because differentcivilisations and different ages have had quite different moralities

by stating there have been difference between their moralities, but these have never amounted to anything like a total difference.”?Lewis反駁了這樣一種觀點(diǎn)，即“所有人都知道的自然法則或體面行為似乎不太正確，因?yàn)椴煌奈拿骱筒煌瑫r代有著完全不同的道德觀念”。他指出：“他們的道德觀念確實(shí)有差異，但這些差異從未達(dá)到完全不同的程度“。

In Summary,?this chapter emphasizes two facts:?First, that human beings, all over the earth,have this persistent idea that they ought to behave in a certain way and cannot rid themselves of it. Second, that they do not in fact behave in that way.They know the Law of Nature; they break it. These are two foundational truthscritical for clear thinking about ourselves and the universe we live in.?總的來說，本章強(qiáng)調(diào)了兩個事實(shí)：第一，全世界的人類都有一種持久的觀念，認(rèn)為他們應(yīng)該以某種方式行事，而且無法擺脫這種觀念。第二，他們實(shí)際上并沒有以這種方式行事。他們知道人類天性法則，但卻違背它。這兩點(diǎn)是關(guān)于我們自己和我們所生活的宇宙進(jìn)行清晰思考的兩個基本點(diǎn)。