《沉思录·卷十二·此刻即全部》第19条
Perceive at last that thou hast in thee something better and more divine than the things which cause the various affects, and as it were pull thee by the strings. What is there now in my mind,--is it fear, or suspicion, or desire, or anything of the kind (v. 11)?
注释摘要
奥勒留在这里使用了一个极其鲜明、甚至有些粗暴的比喻:那些使人躁动不安的情感、欲望、恐惧和猜疑,像一根根绳子,拴在人的四肢和颈项上,随便什么东西一扯,人就被牵着走。他想要唤醒的是一个人对这种机械性反应的觉察——觉察到自己的内部有某种东西,它高于这些牵线木偶般的拉扯,它不必跟着动,也不必因为被扯一下就随之跳跃或瘫倒。这个东西,在斯多葛心理学里,就是hegemo…