squat: to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground
vicious: dangerously aggressive
overrated: rated or valued too highly
pontificate: to give your opinions about something in a way that shows that you think you are right
endeavor: an attempt to do something, especially something new or difficult
"I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor." said Henry David Thoreau.
dominion: dominion (over somebody/something) (literary) authority to rule; control
Self-awareness enables us to stand apart and examine even the way we "see" ourselves --- our self-paradigm, the most fundamental paradigm of effectiveness. It affects not only our attitudes and behaviors, but also how we see other people. It becomes our map of the basic nature of mankind.
自我意識讓我們能夠站在不同的角度，審視我們 「看待」自己的方式——我們的自我範式，也就是最基本的效能範式。它不僅會影響我們的態度和行為，還會影響我們看待他人的方式。它成為我們對人類基本本性的映射。
conditioning: the training or experience that an animal or a person has that makes them behave in a particular way in a particular situation
acknowledged: generally recognized, accepted, or admitted
tender: marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions
bratty: (of a person, especially a child) badly behaved
Viktor Frankl "Man's Search for Meaning"
postulate: to suggest or accept that something is true so that it can be used as the basis for a theory, etc.
repugnant: making you feel strong dislike
decency: propriety
shudder: to shake because you are cold or frightened, or because of a strong feeling
perish: to cause to die
indignity: a situation that makes you feel embarrassed or ashamed because you are not treated with respect; an act that causes these feelings
shovel: to dig or clean out with a shovel
captor: one that has captured a person or thing
endowment: a quality or an ability that you are born with
Between stimulus and response, man has the freedom to choose.
Within the freedom to choose are those endowments that make us uniquely human. In addition to self-awareness, we have imagination --- the ability to create in our minds beyond our present reality. We have conscience --- a deep inner awareness of right and wrong, of the principles that govern our behavior, and a sense of the degree to which our thoughts and actions are in harmony with them. And we have independent will --- the ability to act based on our self-awareness, free of all other influences.
在刺激與反應之間，人有選擇的自由。
在選擇的自由中，包含了那些使我們成為獨一無二的人類的賦予。除了自我意識之外，我們還有想像力——在我們的腦海中創造超越當前現實的能力。我們有良知——對於是非對錯、規範我們行為的原則有深刻的內在意識，並且知道我們的思想和行為在多大程度上與這些原則保持一致。我們有獨立的意志——能夠根據我們的自我意識行事，不受所有其他影響。
instinct: a natural quality that makes people and animals tend to behave in a particular way using the knowledge and abilities that they were born with rather than thought or training
Online Dictionaries Used:
www.merriam-webster.com
www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com
Translation with the help of DeepL.com
