《沉思录·卷六·宇宙即变化》第25条
Consider how many things in the same indivisible time take place in each of us,--things which concern the body and things which concern the soul: and so thou wilt not wonder if many more things, or rather all things which come into existence in that which is the one and all, which we call Cosmos, exist in it at the same time.
注释摘要
这一条的推理很简短，但也很典型地体现了奥勒留常用的类比方式：从可见的、切近的经验事实出发，推及不可见的宇宙整体。他所依据的经验事实是，就在此刻这一瞬间，发生在我们身上的事情已经多得不可思议——身体在呼吸、血液循环、细胞在代谢、感官接受无数印象、心灵同时有记忆、判断、欲望、情绪等各种活动，而这些全部挤在一个“不可分割的时间”里同时并存。 “不可分割的时间”在…