每日斯多葛主義修行1-3

08-26

每日斯多葛主義修行1-3

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決定繼續斯多葛主義的修行。我會每日翻譯三段斯多葛學派哲學家們的話（Epictetus, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius等），算是學曾子的「吾日三省吾身「吧。
引言主要來自The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living.

1. 「The chief task in life is simply this: to identify and separate matters so that I can say clearly to myself which are externals not under my control, and which have to do with the choices I actually control. Where then do I look for good and evil? Not to uncontrollable externals, but within myself to the choices that are my own . . .」

— Epictetus, Discourses, 2.5.4–5

生活的主要任務是：明確分辨哪些是在自己控制範圍之外的外在事務，哪些是自己可以控制的內在選擇。不可控的外在事務沒有好壞之分，只有那些自己作出的決定才分好壞。

— Epictetus, 對話，2.5.4-5

2. 「What is the fruit of these teachings? Only the most beautiful and proper harvest of the truly educated—tranquility, fearlessness, and freedom. We should not trust the masses who say only the free can be educated, but rather the lovers of wisdom who say that only the educated are free.」

— Epictetus, Discourses, 2.1.21–23 a

這些教導有什麼意義呢？意義就在於受到真正的教育的人可以擁有真正的寧靜，無畏，和自由。這是美麗的豐收。我們不應該相信那些認為只有自由的人才能受教育的大眾，而是應該相信那些認為只有受教育才能得到真正的自由的熱愛智慧的人。

— Epictetus , 2.1.21–23 a

3. 「How many have laid waste to your life when you weren』t aware of what you were losing, how much was wasted in pointless grief, foolish joy, greedy desire, and social amusements—how little of your own was left to you. You will realize you are dying before your time!」

— Seneca, On the Brevity of Life , 3.3 b

有多少人在不知不覺中浪費著生命，不曉得自己失去了什麼？有多少日子就這樣被浪費在無意義的悲傷，愚蠢的快樂，貪婪的慾望，和社交消遣？想想你自己還剩下多少有意義的生命？其實你已經在肉體死亡之前漸漸死去了。

— Seneca, 關於生命的短暫 , 3.3 b