Meditations · Book IV
Meditations, IV, 7
Chapter 7 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
Drop the opinion and the grievance "I have been wronged" is gone. Drop the grievance and the wrong itself is gone.
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, IV, 7
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
Take away thy opinion, and then there is taken away the complaint, "I have been harmed." Take away the complaint, "I have been harmed," and the harm is taken away.
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 3094
In French
Supprime ton jugement, la proposition : « Je suis lésé, » est supprimée ; supprime la proposition : « Je suis lésé, » le dommage lui-même est supprimé.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-04.txt, l. 32
Supprime l’idée que tu t’es faite ; et, du même coup, tu supprimes aussi ta plainte : « Je suis blessé. » Supprime le « Je suis blessé » ; et, du même coup, la blessure est supprimée également.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-04.txt, l. 29
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, 7
- Short form — small widget and Lock Screen
- — MEDITATIONS IV, 7
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
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