[Books] The Sorrows of Young Werther

 “there would be far less suffering amongst mankind, if men—and God knows why they are so fashioned—did not employ their imaginations so assiduously in recalling the memory of past sorrow, instead of bearing their present lot with equanimity.”

“Solitude in this terrestrial paradise is a genial balm to my mind, and the young spring cheers with its bounteous promises my oftentimes misgiving heart.”

我一直以为歌德的风格会是理性的哲学家，没想到竟然这么矫揉造作😂

第一次读日记体小说

“Nothing distresses me more than to see men torment each other; particularly when in the flower of their age, in the very season of pleasure, they waste their few short days of sunshine in quarrels and disputes, and only perceive their error when it is too late to repair it.”

Werther悲剧的根源之一来自于exclusive婚姻制度本身对人性的压抑。婚姻从诞生之初就是人类为了生存和繁衍而产生的合作契约，本质上是通过对束缚和压抑的妥协来换取生存和繁衍上的协作。我们生活的年代已经比18世纪的德国要好太多了，所以婚姻对人类的束缚和压抑也越来越弱了。我相信这样的趋势会随着生产力的发展继续延续，婚姻制度在人类社会中的地位也会越来越无关轻重，甚至有一天会被人类彻底抛弃

This book is quite boring to me