《沉思录·卷四·退隐于自己的心》第10条
Consider that everything which happens, happens justly, and if thou observest carefully, thou wilt find it to be so. I do not say only with respect to the continuity of the series of things, but with respect to what is just, and as if it were done by one who assigns to each thing its value. Observe then as thou hast begun; and whatever thou doest, do it in conjunction with this, the being good, and in the sense in which a man is properly understood to be good. Keep to this in every action.
注释摘要
这一段话是奥勒留在极度困顿中对自己说的一句硬话，而且说得非常彻底。他不是在论证，而是在宣告一种立场，然后用这个立场来规定自己接下来该怎么活。它的核心命题是：一切发生之事，发生得正当。这里的“正当”不是我们日常理解的那种人间法庭式的公平，而是宇宙理性分配给每一个存在者恰好属于它的那一份。这个想法在斯多葛体系里有很深的根。斯多葛派认为宇宙是一个有生命、有理性的…