《沉思录·卷五·天未亮就起身》第26条
Let the part of thy soul which leads and governs be undisturbed by the movements in the flesh, whether of pleasure or of pain; and let it not unite with them, but let it circumscribe itself and limit those affects to their parts. But when these affects rise up to the mind by virtue of that other sympathy that naturally exists in a body which is all one, then thou must not strive to resist the sensation, for it is natural: but let not the ruling part of itself add to the sensation the opinion that it is either good or bad.
注释摘要
这段札记处理的，是斯多葛哲学里一个极其精细的问题：人的灵魂如何与自己的身体相处。奥勒留在这里用了一个关键概念，那是斯多葛心理学中所谓的主宰能力（hegemonikon），也就是灵魂中那个能判断、能选择、能下命令的部分。他不是要把人切成两半，说身体是坏的，灵魂是好的；他做的是一个功能上的区分。肉体上传来冷、热、饥饿、疼痛、快感，这些只是动物的自然振动，它们本…