《沉思录·卷六·宇宙即变化》第45条
Whatever happens to every man, this is for the interest of the universal: this might be sufficient. But further thou wilt observe this also as a general truth, if thou dost observe, that whatever is profitable to any man is profitable also to other men. But let the word profitable be taken here in the common sense as said of things of the middle kind [neither good nor bad].
注释摘要
这条的核心逻辑是你与宇宙整体的关系。奥勒留做了一个关键的双重断言。第一步：发生在你身上的每一件事，不管表面上看是好是坏，都对宇宙整体有利。这背后是斯多葛派的目的论，统治宇宙的理性（logos）是善的、有安排能力的，宇宙不会发生纯粹的废料或恶事，一切局部事件都被织进整体的秩序里。如果你能彻底接受这一点，他说，“这或许已经够了”。但接着他追加了第二个推论，把命…