Meditations · Book XII
Meditations, XII, 20
Chapter 20 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
First, do nothing inconsiderately, nor without a purpose. Second, make thy acts refer to nothing else than to a social end.
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, XII, 20
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
First, do nothing inconsiderately, nor without a purpose. Second, make thy acts refer to nothing else than to a social end.
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 6985
In French
En premier lieu, ne jamais agir au hasard et sans but. En second lieu, n’avoir jamais d’autre fin que le bien universel.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-12.txt, l. 86
En premier lieu, ne faire quoi que ce soit au hasard, ou sans le rapporter à un but. En second lieu, ne rapporter jamais l’acte qu’on fait à une autre fin que celle même de la communauté.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-12.txt, l. 85
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, 20
- Short form — small widget and Lock Screen
- — MEDITATIONS XII, 20
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
- XII·20
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