【读书笔记】《沉思录》卷三：享受那你认为是最好的东西的快乐05
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。
卷三：享受那你认为是最好的东西的快乐05
小编语：到第三卷啦！个人倒是更喜欢这一卷，你呢？
3.9 Throwing away then all things, hold to these only which are few; and besides bear in mind that every man lives only this present time, which is an indivisible point, and that all the rest of his life is either past or it is uncertain. Short then is the time which every man lives, and small the nook of the earth where he lives; and short too the longest posthumous fame, and even this only continued by a succession of poor human beings, who will very soon die, and who know not even themselves, much less him who died long ago.
Notes：
nook [n]a small quiet place or corner that is sheltered or hidden from other people.
posthumous [adj]happening, done, published, etc. after a person has died.
e.g.:A posthumous collection of her work has just been published.
3.10 If thou workest at that which is before thee, following right reason seriously, vigorously, calmly, without allowing anything else to distract thee, but keeping thy divine part pure, as if thou shouldst be bound to give it back immediately; if thou holdest to this, expecting nothing, fearing nothing, but satisfied with thy present activity according to nature, and with heroic truth in every word and sound which thou utterest, thou wilt live happy. And there is no man who is able to prevent this.
Notes：
divine [adj]1. coming from or connected with God or a god
2.(old-fashioned) wonderful; beautiful.
看了笔记注释之后，先尝试自己翻译一下吧，参考译文见下：
中文翻译：
3.9 那么把所有的东西丢开，只执着于这很少数的事情吧；此外还要记住：每个人都生存在现在这个时间里，现在是一个不可分的点，而他生命的其他部分不是已经过去就是尚未确定。因此每个人生存的时间都是短暂的，他在地上居住的那个角落是狭小的，最长久的死后名声也是短暂的，甚至这名声也只是被可怜的一代代后人所持续，这些人也将很快死去，他们甚至于不知道自己，更不必说早已死去的人了。
3.10 当你做摆在你面前的工作时，你要认真地遵循正确的理性，精力充沛，宁静致远，不分心于任何别的事情，而保持你神圣的部分纯净，仿佛你必定要直接把它归还似的；若你坚持这一点，无所欲望亦无所畏惧，满足于你现在合乎本性的活动，满足于你说出的每个词和音节中的勇敢的真诚，你就能生存得幸福。没有任何人能阻止这一点。