《沉思录·卷五·天未亮就起身》第19条
Things themselves touch not the soul, not in the least degree; nor have they admission to the soul, nor can they turn or move the soul: but the soul turns and moves itself alone, and whatever judgments it may think proper to make, such it makes for itself the things which present themselves to it.
注释摘要
奥勒留在这里提出了斯多葛派灵魂学说中最核心也最易被误解的一个命题。他否认的并非事物能够进入我们的感官,而是事物能够进入我们的统辖中心,也就是希腊文里称为hegemonikon的那个主宰能力。石头砸到脚,疼痛的感觉确实发生了,但这份疼痛在我内心掀起多大波澜、被判定为不可忍受的灾难还是仅仅被看作一个自然事件,这完全取决于主宰能力自身的判断。外在事物只能提供一种…