Meditations · Book IV
Meditations, IV, 8
Chapter 8 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
That which does not make a man worse than he was, also does not make his life worse, nor does it harm him either from without or from within.
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, IV, 8
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
That which does not make a man worse than he was, also does not make his life worse, nor does it harm him either from without or from within.
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 3098
In French
Ce qui ne rend pas l’homme pire ne rend pas pire sa vie et ne lui cause aucun dommage ni extérieur ni intérieur.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-04.txt, l. 36
Tout ce qui ne rend pas l’homme plus mauvais vis-à-vis de lui-même, ne peut pas non plus rendre sa vie plus mauvaise, et ne peut lui nuire ni au dehors ni au dedans.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-04.txt, l. 33
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, 8
- Short form — small widget and Lock Screen
- — MEDITATIONS IV, 8
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
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