《沉思录·卷八·行事与本分》第2条
On the occasion of every act ask thyself, How is this with respect to me? Shall I repent of it? A little time and I am dead, and all is gone. What more do I seek, if what I am now doing is the work of an intelligent living being, and a social being, and one who is under the same law with God?
注释摘要
这段札记是奥勒留给每一件具体行为量身定做的一套内在审判。他不是问“这事成不成”“别人怎么看”,而是问“这事对我而言意味着什么”——这个“对我而言”不是针对世俗成败、面子或快感,而是对那个真正属于我的内在主事者而言。他接着用“我会后悔吗”来检测这行为的质地,而这个后悔并不是事后诸葛亮式的懊恼,而是斯多葛派所说的“自我谴责”,也就是理性在事后发现自己在某件事上…