《沉思录·卷八·行事与本分》第26条
It is satisfaction to a man to do the proper works of a man. Now it is a proper work of a man to be benevolent to his own kind, to despise the movements of the senses, to form a just judgment of plausible appearances, and to take a survey of the nature of the universe and of the things which happen in it.
注释摘要
这段文字在界定一种斯多葛派的伦理满足观，它完全逆着常人的感受而来。通常人认为满足是欲望得到满足时的快感，但奥勒留说，满足仅仅是“做人的本分工作”。他用了一个逻辑上相当紧凑的推论：人的本分工作有四项，只要在做这些事，人就已经处于满足之中。这里的关键概念是“本分工作”，在斯多葛体系里是对应于“oikeiosis”这个过程的——它原意是“使之成为自己的”“亲缘归…