Meditations · Book XI
Meditations, XI, 5
Chapter 5 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
What is thy art? To be good.
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, XI, 5
After Long, 1862 — modernized.
On the widgets
What is thy art? To be good.
— MEDITATIONS XI, 5
What is thy art? To be good.
— MEDITATIONS XI, 5
As on the Home Screen and the Lock Screen: the passage, then its reference, glued to the bottom. The reference never leaves the composition, even in the smallest family.
The whole chapter in Long’s 1862 edition
What is thy art? To be good. And how is this accomplished well except by general principles, some about the nature of the universe, and others about the proper constitution of man?
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 6428
In French
Quel est ton art ? D’être homme de bien. Est-il un meilleur moyen d’y parvenir que d’avoir des principes, concernant les uns la nature universelle, et les autres la constitution propre de l’homme ?
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-11.txt, l. 21
Quelle est ta profession ? D’être homme de bien. Mais comment atteindre sûrement ce but, si ce n’est avec l’aide de ces nobles études, qui s’appliquent tout ensemble à la nature de l’univers entier et à la condition particulière de l’homme ?
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-11.txt, l. 23
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, 5
- Short form — small widget and Lock Screen
- — MEDITATIONS XI, 5
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
- XI·5
This passage and the 165 other Marcus Aurelius passages are free in Stoïque, with their reference, on the Home Screen and the Lock Screen.