Meditations · Book XI
Meditations, XI, 29
Chapter 29 of Book XI 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
Neither in writing nor in reading wilt thou be able to lay down rules for others before thou shalt have first learned to obey rules thyself. Much more is this so in life.
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, XI, 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
Neither in writing nor in reading wilt thou be able to lay down rules for others before thou shalt have first learned to obey rules thyself. Much more is this so in life.
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 6770
In French
Tu ne pourrais être un maître dans l’art d’écrire et de lire avant d’avoir eu toi-même des maîtres. De même, à plus forte raison, dans l’art de vivre.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-11.txt, l. 152
On ne pourrait pas donner des leçons d’écriture et de lecture, si d’abord on n’en avait soi-même reçu. À bien plus forte raison, cette éducation préalable est-elle nécessaire pour l’art de la vie.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-11.txt, l. 169
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, XI, 29
- Short form — small widget and Lock Screen
- — MEDITATIONS XI, 29
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
- XI·29
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