Meditations · Book II
Meditations, II, 8
Chapter 8 of Book II 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
Those who do not observe the movements of their own minds must of necessity be unhappy.
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, II, 8
After Long, 1862 — modernized.
On the widgets
Those who do not observe the movements of their own minds must of necessity be unhappy.
— MEDITATIONS II, 8
Those who do not observe the movements of their own minds must of necessity be unhappy.
— MEDITATIONS II, 8
As on the Home Screen and the Lock Screen: the passage, then its reference, glued to the bottom. The reference never leaves the composition, even in the smallest family.
The whole chapter in Long’s 1862 edition
Through not observing what is in the mind of another a man has seldom been seen to be unhappy; but those who do not observe the movements of their own minds must of necessity be unhappy.
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 2571
In French
On trouverait difficilement quelqu’un qui soit malheureux pour ne pas examiner ce qui se passe dans l’âme des autres, mais ceux qui ne suivent pas avec attention les mouvements de leur propre âme sont fatalement malheureux.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-02.txt, l. 90
Il ne serait pas aisé de trouver un homme devenu malheureux parce qu’il n’aurait pas surveillé ce qui se passe dans l’âme d’un autre ; mais quand on néglige d’observer attentivement les émotions propres de son âme, il est inévitable qu’on tombe dans le malheur.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-02.txt, l. 31
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, II, 8
- Short form — small widget and Lock Screen
- — MEDITATIONS II, 8
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
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