《沉思录·卷五·天未亮就起身》第27条
Live with the gods. And he does live with the gods who constantly shows to them that his own soul is satisfied with that which is assigned to him, and that it does all that the daemon wishes, which Zeus hath given to every man for his guardian and guide, a portion of himself. And this is every man's understanding and reason.
注释摘要
“与神同住”这句话，必须放在斯多葛的神观里才能读准。斯多葛的神不是一个人格化的、在自然之外的造物主，而是渗透整个宇宙的理性秩序，也就是logos，宇宙理性。宙斯在这里就是这个宇宙理性的别名，他并不像一个君王从外面干预世界，而是作为世界的内在法则，安排一切事物的展开。奥勒留说，人的“daemon”就是宙斯分给人的那一部分，也就是每一个人自己的理解力和理性。希…