By turning back to the wisdom of the Stoic philosophers, we may find a helpful way of tempering some of our expectations and dampening our shock at disasters and bloodshed.

• 回顾一下斯多噶学派哲人的智慧，我们或许能找到一种有益的方法，从而调节我们的种种期望，并减轻灾难和流血带来的震惊。