Meditations · Book IV
Meditations, IV, 13
Chapter 13 of Book IV 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
Hast thou reason? I have.--Why then dost not thou use it? For if this does its own work, what else dost thou wish?
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, IV, 13
After Long, 1862 — modernized.
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The whole chapter in Long’s 1862 edition
Hast thou reason? I have.—Why then dost not thou use it? For if this does its own work, what else dost thou wish?
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 3124
In French
Possèdes-tu la raison ? — Je la possède. — Pourquoi donc ne t’en sers-tu pas ? Si elle remplit sa fonction, que veux-tu de plus ?
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-04.txt, l. 56
As-tu la raison en partage ? — Oui, sans doute, je l’ai. — Alors, pourquoi n’en uses-tu pas ? Car, du moment que la raison remplit le rôle qui est le sien, que peux-tu vouloir de plus ?
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-04.txt, l. 53
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, IV, 13
- Short form — small widget and Lock Screen
- — MEDITATIONS IV, 13
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
- IV·13
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