Meditations · Book IV
Meditations, IV, 17
Chapter 17 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
Don't behave as though ten thousand years were yours. Death hangs over you. Be good while you are alive and still able.
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, IV, 17
After Long, 1862 — modernized.
On the widgets
Not every widget family holds a passage this long. The app never cuts one: where it does not fit, a shorter passage takes its place, with its reference. The circular widget carries the locator alone.
The whole chapter in Long’s 1862 edition
Do not act as if thou wert going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over thee. While thou livest, while it is in thy power, be good.
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 3138
In French
Ne fais pas comme si tu devais vivre dix mille ans. La nécessité est suspendue au dessus de toi ; tant que tu vis, tant que tu le peux encore, sois un homme de bien.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-04.txt, l. 72
Ne te conduis pas comme si tu devais vivre des millions d’années. L’inévitable dette est suspendue sur toi. Pendant que tu vis, pendant que tu le peux encore, deviens homme de bien.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-04.txt, l. 69
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, 17
- Short form — small widget and Lock Screen
- — MEDITATIONS IV, 17
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
- IV·17
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