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1、TheMeditationsbyMarcusAureliusBOOKONEFrommygrandfatherVerusIlearnedgoodmoralsandthegovernmentofmytemper.Fromthereputationandremembranceofmyfather,modestyandamanlycharacter.Frommymother,pietyandbeneficence,andabstinence,notonlyfromevildeeds,butevenfromevilthoughts;andfurther,simplicityin
2、mywayofliving,farremovedfromthehabitsoftherich.Frommygreat-grandfather,nottohavefrequentedpublicschools,andtohavehadgoodteachersathome,andtoknowthatonsuchthingsamanshouldspendliberally.Frommygovernor,tobeneitherofthegreennorofthebluepartyatthegamesintheCircus,norapartizaneitheroftheParm
3、ulariusortheScutariusatthegladiators'fights;fromhimtooIlearnedenduranceoflabour,andtowantlittle,andtoworkwithmyownhands,andnottomeddlewithotherpeople'saffairs,andnottobereadytolistentoslander.FromDiognetus,nottobusymyselfabouttriflingthings,andnottogivecredittowhatwassaidbymiracle-worke
4、rsandjugglersaboutincantationsandthedrivingawayofdaemonsandsuchthings;andnottobreedquailsforfighting,nortogivemyselfuppassionatelytosuchthings;andtoendurefreedomofspeech;andtohavebecomeintimatewithphilosophy;andtohavebeenahearer,firstofBacchius,thenofTandasisandMarcianus;andtohavewritte
5、ndialoguesinmyyouth;andtohavedesiredaplankbedandskin,andwhateverelseofthekindbelongstotheGreciandiscipline.FromRusticusIreceivedtheimpressionthatmycharacterrequiredimprovementanddiscipline;andfromhimIlearnednottobeledastraytosophisticemulation,nortowritingonspeculativematters,nortodeliv
6、eringlittlehortatoryorations,nortoshowingmyselfoffasamanwhopractisesmuchdiscipline,ordoesbenevolentactsinordertomakeadisplay;andtoabstainfromrhetoric,andpoetry,andfinewriting;andnottowalkaboutinthehouseinmyoutdoordress,nortodootherthingsofthekind;andtowritemyletterswithsimplicity,liketh
7、eletterwhichRusticuswrotefromSinuessatomymother;andwithrespecttothosewhohaveoffendedmebywords,ordonemewrong,tobeeasilydisposedtobepacifiedandreconciled,assoonastheyhaveshownareadinesstobereconciled;andtoreadcarefully,andnottobesatisfiedwithasuperficialunderstandingofabook;norha