《沉思录·卷九·不义与虚妄》第37条
Enough of this wretched life and murmuring and apish tricks. Why art thou disturbed? What is there new in this? What unsettles thee? Is it the form of the thing? Look at it. Or is it the matter? Look at it. But besides these there is nothing. Towards the gods then, now become at last more simple and better. It is the same whether we examine these things for a hundred years or three.
注释摘要
这是一声对自己不耐烦情绪的紧急断喝。奥勒留不是在对别人说话，而是在沉默中猛然拽住那个正在心里发牢骚的自己。他先用“可怜的牢骚和猴戏”压下那个躁动的内心嗓音——他认为那种自怜、愤懑、嘀嘀咕咕的状态，既卑下又滑稽，像在模仿一个可怜人的模样而不是如实面对自己。接着他一连抛出三个追问：你在烦什么？眼前有什么了不得的新东西吗？到底是什么在让你不得安宁？这追问本身就是…