《沉思录·卷九·不义与虚妄》第32条
Thou canst remove out of the way many useless things among those which disturb thee, for they lie entirely in thy opinion; and thou wilt then gain for thyself ample space by comprehending the whole universe in thy mind, and by contemplating the eternity of time, and observing the rapid change of every several thing, how short is the time from birth to dissolution, and the illimitable time before birth as well as the equally boundless time after dissolution!
注释摘要
奥勒留在这一条里讲的是如何靠自己获得精神上的宽敞。他认为那些困扰你的东西，很多其实是无用的累赘，之所以能困扰你，根源不在事物本身，而在你的判断。他用的那个词"opinion"，在斯多葛的语境里指的就是你对一件事情所下的内在认定与解说。一件外界发生的事，如果你不加上"这是灾难""这是对我不可容忍的伤害"这种意见，它就无法真正伤害你的内在主宰。所以他第一步是让…