《沉思录·卷十·顺应整体》第9条
Mimi, war, astonishment, torpor, slavery, will daily wipe out those holy principles of thine. + How many things without studying nature dost thou imagine, and how many dost thou neglect? But it is thy duty so to look on and so to do everything, that at the same time the power of dealing with circumstances is perfected, and the contemplative faculty is exercised, and the confidence which comes from the knowledge of each several thing is maintained without showing it, but yet not concealed. For when wilt thou enjoy simplicity, when gravity, and when the knowledge of every several thing, both what it is in substance, and what place it has in the universe, and how long it is formed to exist, and of what things it is compounded, and to whom it can belong, and who are able both to give it and take it away?
注释摘要
奥勒留在这里列出了一张敌人清单：滑稽戏、战争、惊愕、麻木、奴役。这些东西日复一日地磨蚀掉你内心那些神圣的原则。滑稽戏并非单指舞台上的表演，更指向生活中无休止的虚假表演、情绪的夸张展现和毫无实质的喧闹。战争是他正在亲历的现实，边境的厮杀只是其一种面貌，更深的战争是灵魂内部的纷争。惊愕是被外在事件反复击打后产生的茫然，麻木是感觉的钝化和判断力的休眠，奴役则是对…