Samuel Taylor ColeridgeСэмюэл Тейлор Кольридж
1 passageотрывков: 1
Each date opens its day beside the list, with these passages marked.Каждая дата открывает свой день рядом со списком, где отрывки этого автора отмечены.
2. Кто любит христианство более, чем истину, очень скоро полюбит свою церковь или секту больше христианства и неизбежно кончит тем, что будет любить только себя более всего на свете.
2. He, who begins by loving Christianity better than Truth, will proceed by loving his own Sect or Church better than Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all.
From Aids to Reflection · close to the original (more).
Tolstoy’s version, in EnglishHe who loves Christianity more than truth will very soon love his own church or sect more than Christianity, and will inevitably end by loving himself alone above everything in the world.
Coleridge’s own wordsHe, who begins by loving Christianity better than Truth, will proceed by loving his own Sect or Church better than Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all.
Source text: gutenberg.orgDetails
The words shown were found, word for word, in the saved source text. Aids to Reflection (1825), Moral and Religious Aphorisms, Aphorism XXV (Bell, 1884), Moral and Religious Aphorisms, XXV.
The aphorism, closely translated, with a little emphasis added: "will proceed" becomes "will very soon come to love", and "end in" becomes "will inevitably end by loving only himself more than anything in the world". Coleridge's own sentence is printed here.
Translation note. Tolstoy kept the author’s words closely, so the author’s own English is printed here (ruling 1); Tolstoy’s Russian, translated, is in the source panel.