荀子所说的“伪”,是“人为”的意思。天生就有的是“性”,是人力无法改变的;通过后天的学习、努力可以改变的,就是“伪”。所以荀子主张“化性起伪”,通过自己能掌控的力量来改变已成定数的东西。
The mind is to be studied as an end in itself.
A book is a heart that only beats in the chest of another.