《沉思录·卷六·宇宙即变化》第31条
Return to thy sober senses and call thyself back; and when thou hast roused thyself from sleep and hast perceived that they were only dreams which troubled thee, now in thy waking hours look at these [the things about thee] as thou didst look at those [the dreams].
注释摘要
在这段话里，奥勒留正对自己施行一种斯多葛式的精神急救。他的逻辑线索很紧凑：先是命令自己“返回清醒的理智，把自己唤回来”，紧接着用睡眠与苏醒的类比来拆解困扰的实质。夜里你做梦，梦里一切逼真——“羞辱、恐惧、失去、愤怒”——但一旦醒来，你立刻就知道那是梦，是虚影，不追讨，不纠缠，只是消散。白天的“清醒时分”里迎面扑来的事情——别人的指责、身体的病痛、地位的动摇…