《沉思录·卷七·痛苦与忍受》第53条
Where any work can be done conformably to the reason which is common to gods and men, there we have nothing to fear; for where we are able to get profit by means of the activity which is successful and proceeds according to our constitution, there no harm is to be suspected.
注释摘要
这段话在做一个斯多葛式的三段论推演。起点是理性 logos，但不是每个人私有的算计，而是贯穿神与人、使宇宙成为一个有序整体的共同理性。奥勒留的推理很干脆：凡是一件工作能够按照这个共同理性去完成的地方，就没有什么可恐惧的。理由是，当我们有能力通过那种既顺利又合乎我们自身构造的活动来获利时，那里就不该被怀疑有什么伤害。 这里需要把获利和伤害放到斯多葛的坐标系里…