Meditations · Book IV
Meditations, IV, 14
Chapter 14 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
Thou hast existed as a part. Thou shalt disappear in that which produced thee; but rather thou shalt be received back into its seminal principle by transmutation.
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, IV, 14
After Long, 1862 — modernized.
On the widgets
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The whole chapter in Long’s 1862 edition
Thou hast existed as a part. Thou shalt disappear in that which produced thee; but rather thou shalt be received back into its seminal principle by transmutation.
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 3127
In French
Tu es né partie du Tout. Tu disparaîtras dans l’être qui t’a engendré, ou plutôt tu rentreras, à la suite d’un changement, dans sa raison séminale.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-04.txt, l. 60
Tu n’as vécu et subsisté qu’à l’état de partie dans un tout. Tu disparaîtras dans le sein de l’être qui t’a produit ; ou plutôt, tu seras recueilli par suite de quelque changement, dans la raison de cet être qui a créé les germes de l’univers entier.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-04.txt, l. 57
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, 14
- Short form — small widget and Lock Screen
- — MEDITATIONS IV, 14
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
- IV·14
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