关于犬儒主义的英语作文
英翻111班 5102611025 王宁
Cynicism in today’s reality
What does the cynicism mean?The original meaning of Cynicism Is “men should abandon all things related to common customs,such as the religion,etiquette .They pursue the morality and simple life without material.”
The cynicism founder Diogenes thought what matters most is morality rather than wealth.If you don’t have lust,you can get morality freedom .The accent cynics thought that morality is the only basic factor to pursue the happiness.They should free themselves from the common customs,and back to the nature life.They refused the common concept,for example,the lust.They thought the lust is the source of suffering.
As time changes,the cynicism turn into cynical rather than highly critical of society.At the beginning,the cynics look down upon the common value according to their morality standard;today,the cynics look down upon the common concept but they lost their related morality standard.Also,they lost their hope of future,just as one said,“they not only suffer from the past,but also lost the hope of future too early”.
It occurred to me that a word once is very popular in China —“fenqing ”.It referred to one group of teenagers who
show their dissatisfaction to the society.Even it seems that they have lost the hope to the society ,but in fact they use this way to show their hope of a better future of the society.This is similar to the “woolly-headed ” idea in today’s cynicism.“Woolly-headed ” doesn ’t mean that your head is not clear.It means that one doesn ’t think there is anyway can change the world which he doesn ’t believe it can be changed.The modern cynics change their dissatisfaction into an acception which they do n’t acknowledge,an understanding which they don ’t refuse,a dispassion which they don’t rebel.The cynics pretend to be fool when they have considered it absolutely.It has some practical significance today.
Every coin has two sides.Cynicism also has its advantages and disadvantages. Today we should discard the dross and take the essence of cynicism.