Meditations · Book XII
Meditations, XII, 33
Chapter 33 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
How does the ruling faculty make use of itself? for all lies in this. But everything else, whether it is in the power of thy will or not, is only lifeless ashes and smoke.
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, XII, 33
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
How does the ruling faculty make use of itself? for all lies in this. But everything else, whether it is in the power of thy will or not, is only lifeless ashes and smoke.
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 7141
In French
Comment se comporte le principe dirigeant de ton âme ? Tout est là. Le reste, que tu le veuilles ou non, n’est que cadavre et fumée.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-12.txt, l. 143
Quel usage ton âme fait-elle d’elle-même ? Tout est là. Quant au reste, volontaire ou involontaire, ce n’est jamais que cadavre et fumée.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-12.txt, l. 143
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, 33
- Short form — small widget and Lock Screen
- — MEDITATIONS XII, 33
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
- XII·33
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