《沉思录·卷八·行事与本分》第6条

沉思录 · 第8卷 · 第6条

The nature of the universal has this work to do,--to remove to that place the things which are in this, to change them, to take, them away hence, and to carry them there. All things are change, yet we need not fear anything new. All things are familiar [to us]; but the distribution of them still remains the same.

注释摘要

这一条讲的是宇宙自然的本性是什么,以及人该怎样面对这件事。开头那句“to remove to that place the things which are in this, to change them, to take them away hence, and to carry them there”,说的不是某个神明的意志在操纵万物,而是斯多葛派理解…