《沉思录·卷七·痛苦与忍受》第54条
Everywhere and at all times it is in thy power piously to acquiesce in thy present condition, and to behave, justly to those who are about thee, and to exert thy skill upon thy present thoughts, that nothing shall steal into them without being well examined.
注释摘要
奥勒留在这段话里把斯多葛学派的生活纪律压缩成了三个同步进行的内心动作，而且强调它们在任何处境下都做得到，因为每一步都只动用自己的主宰能力。这里值得先留意的是“piously acquiesce”这个短语。对斯多葛而言，“虔诚”不是对拟人化神祇的跪拜，而是心甘情愿地服从宇宙理性安排给自己的命运，因为命运就是那个神圣秩序的局部展开。所以“虔诚地安于现状”不是放…