《沉思录·卷十二·此刻即全部》第16条
When a man has presented the appearance of having done wrong [say], How then do I know if this is a wrongful act? And even if he has done wrong, how do I know that he has not condemned himself? And so this is like tearing his own face. Consider that he who would not have the bad man do wrong, is like the man who would not have the fig-tree to bear juice in the figs, and infants to cry, and the horse to neigh, and whatever else must of necessity be. For what must a man do who has such a character? If then thou art irritable, + cure this man's disposition.
注释摘要
奥勒留在这里提出的，是一种典型的斯多葛式内心纪律，用来应对我们最常遭遇的一种困扰：他人似乎做了错事。他的推理链条非常清晰，而且带有强烈的自我说服色彩。他首先让我们悬置判断：当一个人呈现出做错事的样子时，我们凭什么就立刻认定这确实是错误的行为？这不是说没有客观上的对错，而是说我们作为一个外部观察者，无法看到对方行为的全部前因、动机和内在状态。因此，“我怎么知…