From Apollonius I learned freedom of will and undeviating steadiness of purpose; and to look to nothing else, not even for a moment, except to reason; and to be always the same, in sharp pains, on the occasion of the loss of a child, and in long illness;
From Apollonius I learned freedom of will and undeviating steadiness of purpose; and to look to nothing else, not even for a moment, except to reason; and to be always the same, in sharp pains, on the occasion of the loss of a child, and in long illness;
从阿波罗尼奥斯那里，我领悟到了意志的自由和目标的坚如磐石；知道除了思考，应该目无旁骛，一如既往；应该泰然自若，即使身处剧痛，或正在经受丧子煎熬，或缠绵于病榻；从他这个活生生的例子中我清晰地领悟到一个人如何同时坚定不移而又灵活机智，如何毫不专断地发布指令；他向我展示了一个人如何以解释性的哲学原理清晰地思考自己的经验和技能，并把这看成自己最微不足道的德行；从他那里我还学到了如何从值得尊重的朋友那里有所收获，这样做时既不被他们看低，又不让他们被我所忽略。