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塞内卡：塞内卡道德书简·摘录 18
塞内卡《塞内卡道德书简》· Seneca's Morals · 历史 · 健康 · 财富 · 认知
A man may as well wonder that he should be cold in winter, sick at sea, or have his bones clatter together in a wagon, as at the encounter of ill accidents and crosses in the passage of human life; and it is in vain to run away from fortune, as if there were any hiding-place wherein she could not find us; or to expect any quiet from her; for she makes life a perpetual state of war, without so much as any respite or truce. This we may conclude upon, that her empire is but imaginary, and that whosoever serves her, makes himself a voluntary slave; for “the things that are often contemned by the inconsiderate, and always by the wise, are in themselves neither good nor evil:” as pleasure and pains; prosperity and adversity; which can only operate upon our outward condition, without any proper and necessary effect upon the mind.
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定位：Excerpt 18 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
白话
人在冬天觉得冷、坐船晕船、坐马车颠得骨头响，都不该大惊小怪；人生路上遇到挫折和意外，也一样自然。想躲开命运是徒劳的，没有哪个藏身之处她找不到；指望她给你安宁也不可能，她把人生变成一场没有停歇、没有休战的战争。但我们可以断定：命运的统治只是想象出来的，谁伺候她，谁就是自愿当奴隶。因为那些被轻率的人常常轻视、被智者永远轻视的东西，本身既不是好也不是坏，比如快乐与痛苦、顺境与逆境；它们只能影响外在处境，对心灵没有必然的作用。
上下文
塞涅卡是罗马斯多葛派代表，主张德性自足，外物不能真正伤害心灵，这段话是典型的斯多葛立场。
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我最近一次感到被命运“奴役”，是因为什么事？那件事真的能决定我内心的好坏吗？
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