《沉思录·卷七·痛苦与忍受》第58条
In everything which happens keep before thy eyes those to whom the same things happened, and how they were vexed, and treated them as strange things, and found fault with them: and now where are they? Nowhere. Why then dost thou too choose to act in the same way? and why dost thou not leave these agitations which are foreign to nature to those who cause them and those who are moved by them; and why art thou not altogether intent upon the right way of making use of the things which happen to thee? For then thou wilt use them well, and they will be a material for thee [to work on]. Only attend to thyself, and resolve to be a good man in every act which thou doest: and remember ...
注释摘要
奥勒留在这一段里做了一个典型的斯多葛式练习：当某件不幸的事情发生在你身上时，想象那些曾经遭遇过同样事情的人。他看着他们——他们曾经多么焦虑，多么怨愤，觉得发生在自己身上的事是独一无二的、不可理喻的、不应该的。他们把遭遇当作“奇异之事”来对待，念念不忘“为什么是我”，对这个安排横加指责。 然后他追问：这些人如今在哪儿？答案是“不在哪儿”。死去了，消失了，连同…