《沉思录·卷七·痛苦与忍受》第9条
All things are implicated with one another, and the bond is holy; and there is hardly anything unconnected with any other thing. For things have been co-ordinated, and they combine to form the same universe [order]. For there is one universe made up of all things, and one god who pervades all things, and one substance, and one law, [one] common reason in all intelligent animals, and one truth; if indeed there is also one perfection for all animals which are of the same stock and participate in the reason.
注释摘要
奥勒留在这一条里，从宇宙论的高度直接讲他的一条根本信念——万事万物都纠缠在一起，没有任何东西是孤立的。这里用的“implicated”一词，指向一种互相编织、彼此牵连的存在状态，他称之为“神圣的联结”（the bond is holy）。说它“神圣”，并不是在讲庙宇里的宗教仪式，而是因为这种普遍的互相缠绕，本身就是宇宙秩序（order, 即希腊词kosmo…