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Essays · Philosophy · 1859

Self-Help

자조론

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A Victorian book of moral instruction arguing that personal effort, perseverance and character lead to success. It illustrates its themes with short biographies of inventors, artists, scientists and industrialists.

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““HEAVEN helps those who help themselves” is a well-tried maxim, embodying in a small compass the results of vast human experience.” Self-Help · Samuel Smiles

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“HEAVEN helps those who help themselves” is a well-tried maxim, embodying in a small compass the results of vast human experience.

“하늘은 스스로 돕는 자를 돕는다”는 말은 널리 검증된 격언으로, 작은 범위 안에 광대한 인간 경험의 결과를 담고 있습니다.

The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual; and, exhibited in the lives of many, it constitutes the true source of national vigour and strength.

자립 정신은 개인의 진정한 성장의 근본이며, 많은 사람들의 삶에서 나타나는 자립 정신은 국가의 활력과 힘의 진정한 원천이 됩니다.

Help from without is often enfeebling in its effects, but help from within invariably invigorates.

외부의 도움은 종종 그 효과가 약해지지만, 내부의 도움은 항상 활력을 줍니다.

Whatever is done for men or classes, to a certain extent takes away the stimulus and necessity of doing for themselves; and where men are subjected to over-guidance and over-government, the inevitable tendency is to render them comparatively helpless.

사람이나 계층을 위해 행해지는 모든 일은 어느 정도 스스로 행하려는 동기와 필요성을 없애버립니다. 사람들이 지나친 지도와 지나친 통제를 받게 되면 필연적으로 상대적으로 무력해지는 경향이 생깁니다.

Even the best institutions can give a man no active help.

아무리 훌륭한 제도라 할지라도 사람에게 실질적인 도움을 줄 수는 없습니다.

Perhaps the most they can do is, to leave him free to develop himself and improve his individual condition.

아마도 그들이 할 수 있는 최선은 그가 스스로 발전하고 개인적인 상황을 개선할 수 있도록 자유롭게 내버려 두는 것일 것입니다.

But in all times men have been prone to believe that their happiness and well-being were to be secured by means of institutions rather than by their own conduct.

그러나 모든 시대에 걸쳐 사람들은 자신의 행복과 안녕이 자신의 행동보다는 제도에 의해 보장될 것이라고 믿는 경향이 있었습니다.

Hence the value of legislation as an agent in human advancement has usually been much over-estimated.

그러므로 인간 발전에 있어서 입법의 가치는 대개 과대평가되어 왔다.

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Book details

Title
Self-Help (자조론)
Author
Samuel Smiles
First published
1859
Genre
Essays, Philosophy, Classic
Original language
English
Translations in app
22 languages
Price
Free

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