《沉思录·卷十二·此刻即全部》第2条
God sees the minds [ruling principles] of all men bared of the material vesture and rind and impurities. For with his intellectual part alone he touches the intelligence only which has flowed and been derived from himself into these bodies. And if thou also usest thyself to do this, thou wilt rid thyself of thy much trouble. For he who regards not the poor flesh which envelops him, surely will not trouble himself by looking after raiment and dwelling and fame and such like externals and show.
注释摘要
这一条里，奥勒留在做一件他经常做的事：用神的观看方式来校准人的观看方式。他说，神看所有人的心灵，是直接看那个剥去了物质外壳、表皮和杂质之后的东西。这里“外壳”、“表皮”不是比喻，而是斯多葛物理学里真实的说法——人的理智部分（hegemonikon，主宰能力）本来是从宇宙理性（logos）中流溢出来的一点点火花，它被裹进身体里，就像被套上了一层层粗粝的覆盖物…