2021年5月21日
叔本华在书中最后一篇《星象人生》中写道：
人生的一般过程，就其各个不同的阶段而言，可以用行星的接续运行来比喻，所以人们可以说是依次在每一行星的影响下度过岁月。
我边看边惊叹叔本华把看似相对独立的知识体系完美结合的能力，sharing is caring，所以把大致内容翻译成了英语和好友分享，偷个懒直接复制黏贴到这也和书友们分享：
when we are 10, we are like Mercury, very active in a small area and everything has a big impact on us, and we grow very fast.
20, Venus takes over, it is mostly about love and being loved.
30 is Mars, it is a time when we are full of energy and strength, we are brave, aggressive, and arrogant.
(don't know why, but) 40 is governed by four asteroids. At this time the scope of our life expanded and we favor useful things thanks to Vulcan; influenced by Vesta, we have our own hearth; one Asteroid (the goddess of wisdom) teaches us to have the necessary knowledge, and another(the goddess of marriage) takes care of the household.
50, the main influence comes from the Log Cabin (the Lord God). By this time, people we know start to die and we feel that we are the best of our generation. Our energy is still high, yet rich in experience and knowledge. 50 can be the pinnacle of our life.
60 - Saturn, we are like a boat, sluggish and slow.
Later comes Uranus - one is going to the kingdom of heaven.
Schopenhauer didn't know what to do with Neptune, because he thinks the planet is misnamed.
Pluto is the destroyer and creator of all things. Death is the great storehouse of life, and all kinds of entities come from Pluto.
自也认为是一个积极思考的悲观主义者，果然此书完全对我胃口，满分推荐。
叔本华在此书中娓娓道来处己之道、处人之道、命运与世道、阶段人生。处己和处人大部分内容都理解认同并深有体会。但当叔本华谈论到更高更深层次的命运和人生，我就只能半懂不懂地跟着读完，可能还是相对太年轻，对命运对人生的认知还十分有限，或者是自我还比较狭隘，尚未去自我中心而导致了思维的局限性。不过不太担心，叔本华给了安慰剂，他认为人在变老的过程中才学会慢慢把所学所知所想所经历的结合起来，从而更好地去理解自己的人生和这个世界。嗯，期待，也会继续好好努力认真活着。
很喜欢毛姆，得知毛姆很喜欢叔本华后决定找本认真来读。然后又再收获一个特别喜欢的作家。