Meditations · Book XII
Meditations, XII, 7
Chapter 7 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
Consider in what condition both in body and soul a man should be when he is overtaken by death; and consider the shortness of life, the boundless abyss of time past and future, the feebleness of all matter.
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, XII, 7
After Long, 1862 — modernized.
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The whole chapter in Long’s 1862 edition
Consider in what condition both in body and soul a man should be when he is overtaken by death; and consider the shortness of life, the boundless abyss of time past and future, the feebleness of all matter.
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 6912
In French
Rappelle-toi dans quel état du corps et de l’âme la mort doit nous prendre ; la brièveté de la vie, l’immensité de la durée derrière et devant nous, l’infirmité de toute matière.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-12.txt, l. 31
L’état de corps et d’âme où il faut être quand la mort viendra nous surprendre, la brièveté de la vie, le gouffre insondable du temps, soit en arrière, soit en avant, la fragilité de toute matière…
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-12.txt, l. 33
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, 7
- Short form — small widget and Lock Screen
- — MEDITATIONS XII, 7
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
- XII·7
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