经济学人逝者 || 首席拉比、广播演讲人、道德哲学家萨克斯勋爵
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How we can face the future without fear, together
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
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Words against noise
宣扬教义，抵御喧嚣
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Obituary: Jonathan Sacks
逝者：乔纳森·萨克斯
Words against noise
宣扬教义，抵御喧嚣
Rabbi Lord Sacks, chief rabbi, broadcaster and moral philosopher, died on November 7th, aged 72
首席拉比、广播演讲人、道德哲学家萨克斯勋爵于11月7日逝世，享年72岁
Every morning he could, Jonathan Sacks pulled on his tracksuit and went out jogging. He was not called the “rapid rabbi” for nothing. Jogging, as his desk-sign reminded him, led to positive thinking. And, thanks to his noise-cancelling earphones, it brought him peace. He heard nothing as he ran but Schubert, Beethoven, or whoever it might be. Those same earphones—one of the best purchases he had ever made—also enabled him when he meditated to hear the music of creation, the quiet voice of wisdom within it, and his response, from his spontaneous waking “Modeh Ani”, “I give thanks”, onwards.
每天早晨只要有时间，乔纳森·萨克斯都会穿上运动服，出门慢跑。“迅疾拉比”的称号可不是白叫的。如他办公桌上的台签提醒他的，慢跑可以引发积极的思考。而因为他戴上了除噪耳机，所以慢跑也带给他宁静。在他跑动的时候，除了舒伯特、贝多芬或是其他哪个人的音乐，他什么也听不见。这副耳机是他买得最值的东西，也让他在冥想时倾听创世的音乐，倾听其中宁静的智慧之声，倾听他自己的回应——从刚醒来时脱口而出的“Modeh Ani”（“我感谢”）开始的一句又一句。