Meditations · Book XII
Meditations, XII, 15
Chapter 15 of Book XII 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
Does the light of the lamp shine without losing its splendor until it is extinguished? and shall the truth which is in thee and justice and temperance be extinguished before thy death?
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, XII, 15
After Long, 1862 — modernized.
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The whole chapter in Long’s 1862 edition
Does the light of the lamp shine without losing its splendor until it is extinguished? and shall the truth which is in thee and justice and temperance be extinguished before thy death?
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 6952
In French
[Quoi !] La flamme d’un flambeau brille jusqu’à ce qu’il soit éteint et ne perd rien de son éclat ; et la vérité, la justice, la tempérance qui sont en toi s’éteindraient avant toi !
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-12.txt, l. 64
Eh quoi ! la lumière de la lampe resplendit et ne cesse point de briller jusqu’au moment où elle s’éteint ; et la vérité, la justice, la sagesse, qui sont en toi, s’éteindraient avant toi-même !
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-12.txt, l. 65
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, XII, 15
- Short form — small widget and Lock Screen
- — MEDITATIONS XII, 15
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
- XII·15
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