Meditations · Book X
Meditations, X, 29
Chapter 29 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
With each thing you do, pause and ask yourself whether death is dreadful because it takes this from you.
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, X, 29
After Long, 1862 — modernized.
On the widgets
Not every widget family holds a passage this long. The app never cuts one: where it does not fit, a shorter passage takes its place, with its reference. The circular widget carries the locator alone.
The whole chapter in Long’s 1862 edition
Severally on the occasion of everything that thou dost, pause and ask thyself if death is a dreadful thing because it deprives thee of this.
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 6217
In French
Examine en détail chacune de tes actions et demande-toi si l’obligation d’y renoncer te rend la mort redoutable.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-10.txt, l. 115
À chacun des actes que tu accomplis, demande-toi si la mort te semble plus particulièrement affreuse, parce qu’elle doit te priver de l’objet qui t’occupe.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-10.txt, l. 132
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, 29
- Short form — small widget and Lock Screen
- — MEDITATIONS X, 29
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
- X·29
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