《沉思录·卷二·写于格拉努阿河畔》第9条
This thou must always bear in mind, what is the nature of the whole, and what is my nature, and how this is related to that, and what kind of a part it is of what kind of a whole, and that there is no one who hinders thee from always doing and saying the things which are according to the nature of which thou art a part.
注释摘要
这一条本质上是奥勒留给自己订立的一个思想锚点，每天必须反复提醒自己的东西。他不是在探索一个悬而未决的哲学问题，而是在内心里加固一套他已经接受的结论。这段话的内在结构非常清楚：先是追问整全的本性，然后追问我的本性，接着追问这两者之间的关系，最后从这个关系中推导出一种不可剥夺的行动自由。 整全的本性是什么，在斯多葛的体系里并不含糊。整全就是那个由逻各斯贯穿和维…