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古希腊哲学课的期末考试 教授站在讲台上 他在黑板上写:12:10 五分钟之后 把零擦去:12:15 就这样，他用粉笔和黑板擦 从12:10，一直写到1:15 教授七十岁了，就要退休 他办公室的四壁 就是四个书架 上面摆满了书 把他们全搬回家 是个巨大的工程 一本一本地 像在把自己任教于此的四十年 一天一天地擦去 直到他终于在家 像他研究的斯多各僧人那样 把欲望和悲喜 从生命中一点点擦去 把生命从平静中 一点点擦去 修改自2009 The Manual Clock The final exam of Greek philosophy The Professor wrote on the blackboard: 12:10 Five minutes later, he erased the “0” And wrote “5” instead In this way, he used a chalk and an eraser Telling time from 12:10 to 1:15 He is in his seventies and about to retire The walls of his office are four giant shelves full of books He will move all the books home like erasing the forty years- one book after another- from this office. He thereby becomes a stoic, his research topic, who erases the desires, the joys and sadness little by little from his life and then erases his life little by little from the tranquility that is behind all 2017 翻译得好艰难，后半段还是不会译。