Meditations · Book XII
Meditations, XII, 19
Chapter 19 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
Perceive at last that thou hast in thee something better and more divine than the things which cause the various affects, and as it were pull thee by the strings.
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, XII, 19
After Long, 1862 — modernized.
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The whole chapter in Long’s 1862 edition
Perceive at last that thou hast in thee something better and more divine than the things which cause the various affects, and as it were pull thee by the strings. What is there now in my mind,—is it fear, or suspicion, or desire, or anything of the kind (v. 11)?
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 6980
In French
Ne sens-tu pas, enfin, que tu as en toi-même quelque chose de meilleur et de plus divin que ce qui cause tes passions et te fait mouvoir tout d’une pièce comme une marionnette ? Qu’est devenue en ce moment ma pensée ? Est-elle de la crainte, des soupçons, du désir, ou quelque chose de semblable ?
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-12.txt, l. 82
Comprends donc enfin que tu portes en toi quelque chose de plus noble, quelque chose de plus divin que tous ces objets qui causent tes impressions, et te font mouvoir tout d’un coup, comme les fils font mouvoir la marionnette. En ce moment, quelle est au vrai la disposition de ton âme ? N’est-ce pas la crainte ? N’est-ce pas le soupçon ? N’est-ce pas le désir, ou quelque autre passion aussi peu louable ?
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-12.txt, l. 81
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- — MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, XII, 19
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- — MEDITATIONS XII, 19
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- XII·19
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