Meditations · Book XII
Meditations, XII, 34
Chapter 34 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
This reflection is most adapted to move us to contempt of death, that even those who think pleasure to be a good and pain an evil still have despised it.
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, XII, 34
After Long, 1862 — modernized.
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The whole chapter in Long’s 1862 edition
This reflection is most adapted to move us to contempt of death, that even those who think pleasure to be a good and pain an evil still have despised it.
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 7145
In French
Même ceux qui considèrent le plaisir comme un bien et la douleur comme un mal ont cependant méprisé la mort. Est-il rien qui puisse mieux nous encourager à la mépriser ?
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-12.txt, l. 147
Rien ne peut nous inspirer plus sûrement le mépris de la mort que de voir que ceux-là même qui font du plaisir un bien, et de la douleur un mal, ont cependant pour la mort un mépris souverain.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-12.txt, l. 147
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, 34
- Short form — small widget and Lock Screen
- — MEDITATIONS XII, 34
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
- XII·34
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