Meditations · Book V
Meditations, V, 17
Chapter 17 of Book V 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
To seek what is impossible is madness: and it is impossible that the bad should not do something of this kind.
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, V, 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
To seek what is impossible is madness: and it is impossible that the bad should not do something of this kind.
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 3689
In French
Poursuivre l’impossible est une folie ; or, il est impossible que les méchants n’agissent pas comme tels.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-05.txt, l. 67
C’est une folie de vouloir l’impossible ; or il est bien impossible de toujours empêcher les méchants de faire ce qu’ils font.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-05.txt, l. 86
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, V, 17
- Short form — small widget and Lock Screen
- — MEDITATIONS V, 17
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
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