Meditations · Book IV
Meditations, IV, 2
Chapter 2 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
Let no act be done without a purpose, nor otherwise than according to the perfect principles of art.
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, IV, 2
After Long, 1862 — modernized.
On the widgets
Let no act be done without a purpose, nor otherwise than according to the perfect principles of art.
— MEDITATIONS IV, 2
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
Let no act be done without a purpose, nor otherwise than according to the perfect principles of art.
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 3010
In French
N’agis jamais au hasard ni sans rapporter aux principes de l’art de vivre la maxime de ton action.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-04.txt, l. 7
Ne fais jamais quoi que ce soit à la légère ; et règle uniquement tous tes actes d’après la réflexion, complément nécessaire de la pratique.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-04.txt, l. 7
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, 2
- Short form — small widget and Lock Screen
- — MEDITATIONS IV, 2
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
- IV·2
This passage and the 165 other Marcus Aurelius passages are free in Stoïque, with their reference, on the Home Screen and the Lock Screen.