kosmopolitēs (English spelling)

Japanese: kosmopolitēs(英語表記)kosmopolites
kosmopolitēs (English spelling)

…This is morality, duty, and a discipline that is one with the universe. The world is a huge polis, and humans, as cosmopolitans (kosmopolitēs), must play a certain role in this secular world. The Stoic life is about cultivating an unwavering mind (apatheia) that is not disturbed by passions or thoughts, based on a clear contemplation of the universal order, and living in this world correctly and rationally with strict self-control and a sense of duty. This situation is reflected in the English words stoic and stoicism. …

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Japanese:

…それが道徳であり,義務であるとともに宇宙と一体化する修行法なのである。世界は巨大なポリスであり,人間は〈世界市民(コスモポリテスkosmopolitēs)〉として,この世俗においても一定の役割を果たさなければならない。宇宙秩序に対する透徹した観照から,情念や思惑にかき乱されない〈不動心(アパテイアapatheia)〉を養い,厳しい克己心と義務感を身につけてこの世を正しく理性的に生きること,これをストア学派的生活と呼ぶが,この事情は英語のストイックstoic,ストイシズムstoicismなどの語に反映されている。…

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