Meditations · Book X
Meditations, X, 20
Chapter 20 of Book X of the Meditations. First the passage as Stoïque shows it, after Long, 1862; then the whole chapter, word for word, in that edition, and the same chapter in French.
The passage in the app
That is for the good of each thing, which the universal nature brings to each. And it is for its good at the time when nature brings it.
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, X, 20
After Long, 1862 — modernized.
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The whole chapter in Long’s 1862 edition
That is for the good of each thing, which the universal nature brings to each. And it is for its good at the time when nature brings it.
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 6137
In French
Ce que la nature universelle apporte à chacun lui est utile, et utile au moment où elle le lui apporte.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-10.txt, l. 79
Tout ce que la nature universelle comporte pour un être est utile à cet être, et, de plus, lui est utile au moment où la nature le lui donne.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-10.txt, l. 94
How to cite
The canonical reference names the book and the chapter, so the passage can be found in any edition. The app composes it in three forms:
- Full form — full screen and large widgets
- — MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, X, 20
- Short form — small widget and Lock Screen
- — MEDITATIONS X, 20
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
- X·20
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