Meditations · Book V
Meditations, V, 2
Chapter 2 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
How easy it is to repel and to wipe away every impression which is troublesome or unsuitable, and immediately to be in all tranquillity.
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, V, 2
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
How easy it is to repel and to wipe away every impression which is troublesome or unsuitable, and immediately to be in all tranquillity.
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 3474
In French
Il est [bien] facile d’écarter et d’effacer toute représentation gênante, déplacée, et d’être aussitôt dans un calme parfait.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-05.txt, l. 7
Qu’il est commode d’écarter et d’effacer toute imagination fâcheuse ou inconvenante, et de retrouver aussitôt un calme profond !
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-05.txt, l. 20
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, 2
- Short form — small widget and Lock Screen
- — MEDITATIONS V, 2
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
- V·2
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