本书简介：
《沉思录》是古罗马皇帝奥勒留写给自己的书，内容大部分是他在鞍马劳顿中写成的。作品来自奥勒留对身羁宫廷的自己和自己所处混乱世界的感受，追求一种冷静而达观的生活。这部著作是斯多葛学派的一个里程碑，亦是温总理放在枕边，读了不下百遍的书。
本书原文由古希腊文而作，英文版选择比较权威的George Long的版本，中文版选择何怀宏的版本作参考。笔记中的英文释义摘自《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

 作者简介：
马可•奥勒留（Marcus Aurelius，公元121—180年），著名的“帝王哲学家”，古罗马帝国皇帝，在希腊文学和拉丁文学、修辞、哲学、法律、绘画方面受过很好的教育，晚期斯多葛学派代表人物之一。奥勒留也许是西方历史上唯一的一位哲学家皇帝。他是一个比他的帝国更加完美的人，他的勤奋工作最终并没有能够挽救古罗马，但是他的《沉思录》却成为西方历史上的伟大名著。

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6.17 Return to thy sober senses and call thyself back; and when thou hast roused thyself from sleep and hast perceived that they were only dreams which troubled thee, now in thy waking hours look at these (the things about thee) as thou didst look at those (the dreams).

6.18 I consist of a little body and a soul. Now to this little body all things are indifferent, for it is not able to perceive differences. But to the understanding those things only are indifferent, which are not the works of its own activity. But whatever things are the works of its own activity, all these are in its power. And of these however only those which are done with reference to the present; for as to the future and the past activities of the mind, even these are for the present indifferent.

6.19 Neither the labour which the hand does nor that of the foot is contrary to nature, so long as the foot does the foot's work and the hand the hand's. So then neither to a man as a man is his labour contrary to nature, so long as it does the things of a man. But if the labour is not contrary to his nature, neither is it an evil to him.

6.20 Every instrument, tool, vessel, if it does that for which it has been made, is well, and yet he who made it is not there. But in the things which are held together by nature there is within and there abides in them the power which made them; wherefore the more is it fit to reverence this power, and to think, that, if thou dost live and act according to its will, everything in thee is in conformity to intelligence. And thus also in the universe the things which belong to it are in conformity to intelligence.

 Notes：
abide [v]
    1 [transitive] can't/couldn't abide somebody/something: to dislike somebody/something so much that you hate having to be with or deal with them
    2 [intransitive] + adverb/preposition (old use or formal): to stay or live in a place.
      e.g.: May joy and peace abide in us all.

 先尝试自己翻译一下吧，参考译文见下：

中文翻译：
6.17 回到你清醒的感觉，唤回你自身吧；当你从睡眠中醒来，你明白那苦恼你的只是梦幻，现在在你清醒的时刻来看待这些（有关你的事）就像你曾那样看待那些（梦）一样。

6.18 我是由一个小小的身体和一个灵魂构成的。所有的事物对于这小小的身体都是漠不相关的，因为它不能感觉出差别。但对于理智来说，只是那些不是它自身活动结果的事物才是漠不相关的。而凡是作为它自身活动结果的事物，都是在它的力量范围之内的。然而，在这些事物中又只有那些现在所做的事是在其力量范围之内，因为对于心灵将来和过去的活动来说，甚至这些现在的事情也是漠不相关的。

6.19 只要脚做脚的工作，手做手的工作，手脚的劳动绝不违反本性。所以，对于一个人来说，只要他做的是一个人的工作，他的工作也绝不违反本性。而如果这工作不违反他的本性，它对这个人来说就决非坏事。

6.20 每一个器具、工具、器皿，如果它实现了它被制作的目的，那就是好的，可是制作的人并不在它那里。而在为自然组合的东西里面，制作它们的力量是存在着、停留着；因此，更宜于尊重这一力量，并且想，如果你真是按照它的意志生活和行动，那么你心中的一切也都是符合理性的。而宇宙中那些属于它的事物也都是如此合符理性的。

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