《沉思录·卷五·天未亮就起身》第36条
Do not be carried along inconsiderately by the appearance of things, but give help [to all] according to thy ability and their fitness; and if they should have sustained loss in matters which are indifferent, do not imagine this to be a damage; for it is a bad habit. But as the old man, when he went away, asked back his foster-child's top, remembering that it was a top, so do thou in this case also. When thou art calling out on the Rostra, hast thou forgotten, man, what these things are?--Yes; but they are objects of great concern to these people--wilt thou too then be made a fool for these things? I was once a fortunate man, but I lost it, I know not how.--But fortunate means that a man has assigned to himself a good fortune: and a good fortune is good disposition of the soul, good emotions, good actions.
注释摘要
这段文字是一堂关于看清事物本相的课，也是一个斯多葛派如何介入他人事务的实操指南。奥勒留劈头就给出总纲：不要被事物的表象不加考虑地牵着走。这里的关键词是“表象”（appearance）与“不加考虑”（inconsiderately）。在斯多葛的认识论里，外部事物首先在我们心中激起一个印象或表象，这个表象本身是中立且不由自主的，比如一个乞丐走来，我们眼睛看见他…