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AbstractMy theme in this essay is the relation of misfortune – and other occasions for regret – to the affirmation of life. R. Jay Wallace believes there is an antagonistic relation that produces a schism between our affirmative attitudes and our reasons and considered judgments. On his view, our attachments to the persons and projects that give meaning to our lives lead us to affirm states of affairs it would be more appropriate to regret. I argue that the attitude of affirmation can acknowledge and do justice to reasons for regret. Wallace fails to appreciate the implications of the Nietzschean positions he cites as precedents; he assumes the past has a meaning that is fixed and insulated from the future. Drawing on Nietzsche, I argue that the affirmation of life is a coherent project of bestowing meaning on a historical sequence going forward into the future.
摘要本文的主题是探讨不幸和其他令人遗憾的场合与对生命的肯定的关系。R. Jay Wallace认为，在我们的肯定态度和我们的理性和经过深思熟虑的判断之间存在一种对立关系，这种关系导致了分裂。在他看来，我们对赋予我们生命意义的人和事的依恋使我们肯定了一些更应该后悔的事情。我认为，肯定的态度可以承认并公正地对待后悔的原因。华莱士没有领会尼采观点的含义，他引用尼采的观点作为先例;他认为过去的意义是固定的，与未来隔绝的。借鉴尼采，我认为，生命的肯定是一个连贯的工程，赋予意义的历史序列，向前进入未来。
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