《沉思录·卷二·写于格拉努阿河畔》第7条
Do the things external which fall upon thee distract thee? Give thyself time to learn something new and good, and cease to be whirled around. But then thou must also avoid being carried about the other way; for those too are triflers who have wearied themselves in life by their activity, and yet have no object to which to direct every movement, and, in a word, all their thoughts.
注释摘要
奥勒留在这里提出了一个看似悖论实则非常精准的观察：人被两样东西搅得不得安宁，一样是外部世界扑面而来的纷扰，另一样是自己内心那种没有方向的忙碌。他用"被裹挟着转圈"这个意象形容前一种状态，那是当一个人完全丧失了内在的锚定点，一件事情接着一件事情地被动反应，情绪被牵着走，注意力被撕扯成碎片。他给出的第一层药方是"给自己时间去学一点新的、好的东西"——这需要特别…