unteachable, lying beyond reason and best abandoned to individual instinct.

無法教導的，它遠遠超出理性，最好的方式就是交付給個人直覺。

We are left to find our own path around our unfeasibly complicated minds – a move as

我們被迫在極度複雜的思想中找尋自己的出路 － 明智的舉動就是

wise as leaving each generation to rediscover the

讓每個世代的人自己去重新發現

laws of physics by themselves. But The School of Life believe that the journey

物理定律。不過人生學院相信尋求

to finding fulfilment begins with self- knowledge, with emotional intelligence.

實現的旅程始於自我知識和情緒智力。

The emotionally intelligent person is able to introspect and communicate, to read the

情商高的人能夠自省和溝通，並能解讀

moods of others, to relate with patience, charity and imagination to those around them.

他人的情緒，與人相處富有耐心、善心和創造力。

The emotionally intelligent person knows how to hope and be grateful, while remaining

情商高的人知道如何懷抱希望以及感恩，同時堅定不移

steadfast before the essentially tragic structure of existence.

的面對生命本質的悲劇性結構。

The emotionally intelligent person is committed to fathoming their inadequacies.

情商高的人致力於充分理解自身的不足

There can wisely be no solutions that remove problems altogether. What we can aim for,

這是明智的，因為無法根本的解決問題。充其量我們所能追求的目標

at best, is consolation. To believe in consolation

是慰藉。相信安慰

means giving up on cures; it means accepting that life is a hospice rather than a hospital,

代表放棄治療；它意味著接受生命是一個收容所而不是醫院

but one we'd like to render as comfortable, as

但是我們同時希望盡可能的舒適、

interesting and kind as possible. The School of Life dares to believe that we

有趣和友善。人生學院勇於相信我們

might learn, in good time and systematically, what we might otherwise acquire only through

能夠即時並有系統的學習那些或許要經歷數十載的跌跌撞撞

many decades of stumbling. The School of Life teaches us how we can live

才得以學到東西。人生學院教導我們如何

a little better through a deeper understanding of:

透過深入的了解以下方面獲得更好的生活：

The Self Others

自己、他人

Our Relationships Our Work

我們的關係、我們的工作

And our Culture If, as a society, we have collectively left

和我們的文化。做為一個社會，我們共同地隨機留下

to chance some of what it is most important to

一些最重要的知識

know, if we have denied ourselves the opportunity to systematically transmit wisdom, then

假使我們否定自己能夠有系統地傳達智慧，那麼

The School of Life is a modest attempt to try to spare us a bit of time.

人生學校就是一個適度的嘗試，替我們節省一些時間。