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Timerman alludes to a popularised 20th century version of stoicism, as a kind of splitting from painful aspects of reality
蒂莫蔓說的是20世紀流行的對禁欲主義的看法這是某種從現實的痛苦面抽離出來
that would sap them of mental energy or weaken control
因為現實的痛苦會消耗他們的精神精力或者削弱控制
not surprisingly the military er, has examples of this er from they're drawn more directly
不足為奇，軍隊也有這樣的例子在古代的資料里
from ancient sources and so another 20th century victim of torture.
也有直接的描述20世紀的另一個折磨的受害者
Jim Stockdale, er James Stockdale turned directly to the second century Epictetus
吉米·斯托克代爾，或者詹姆斯·斯托克代爾直接從2世紀的埃皮克提圖那里受到啟發
er and on a precious moment on September 9th 1965,
在1975年9月9日
Stockdale, then a young naval aviator muddled
斯托克代爾，當時還是年輕的海軍飛行員
to himself as he was shot down by the north Vietnamese,
被北越南軍隊擊中后醒來
5 years down there at least, I'm leaving behind the world of technology and entering the world of Epictetus.
他在那里至少待了5年我將要離開科技的世界走進埃皮克提圖的世界
In fact it would be seven and a half years,
事實上，他在那里關了7年半
he had been given er Epictetus in Caribbean
在加勒比地區，有人給了他一本埃皮克提圖
the handbook as a parting gift from a philosophy professor at Stanford,
的書，作為離別禮物送他禮物的是斯坦福大學的哲學教授
and he thought he didn't have much use for it
他認為自己沒有怎么用到這本書
but he actually committed it to memory and it became his, the backbone of
但是事實上，他已經完全背下來了這本小冊子成了他
his leadership style in Vietnam in the Hanoi Hilton.
他在越南河內希爾頓監獄的支柱
So what are some of the er lessons stoicism may offer when controlling the emotions?
所以在控制情感時禁欲主義會給我們怎樣的啟示呢?
Those in captivity who turn to stoic constellations
那些被關押的人都轉向禁欲主義
do so in part as a way or regulating unwanted emotions.
這么做可以，調節不良情感
What they wish to be free of is paralysing fear,
他們希望擺脫恐懼，因為恐懼讓人麻痹
debilitating despair, oppressive detachments in love
產生讓人衰弱的絕望感，壓迫式的脫離愛情
that are brutal reminders of loss and absence.
因為它們會殘忍地提醒自己失去的東西
Er to think about family as Timerman and Esfandiari say is a cause of despair.
蒂莫蔓和伊斯凡蒂亞里說想到家庭會引起絕望之感
