Meditations · Book V
Meditations, V, 22
Chapter 22 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
That which does no harm to the state, does no harm to the citizen.
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, V, 22
After Long, 1862 — modernized.
On the widgets
That which does no harm to the state, does no harm to the citizen.
— MEDITATIONS V, 22
That which does no harm to the state, does no harm to the citizen.
— MEDITATIONS V, 22
As on the Home Screen and the Lock Screen: the passage, then its reference, glued to the bottom. The reference never leaves the composition, even in the smallest family.
The whole chapter in Long’s 1862 edition
That which does no harm to the state, does no harm to the citizen. In the case of every appearance of harm apply this rule: if the state is not harmed by this, neither am I harmed. But if the state is harmed, thou must not be angry with him who does harm to the state. Show him where his error is.
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 3721
In French
Ce qui ne nuit pas à la cité ne nuit pas non plus au citoyen. Dès que tu auras l’idée d’avoir éprouvé un dommage, aie recours à cette règle : si telle chose ne nuit pas à la cité, elle ne me nuit pas non plus à moi-même ; si au contraire la cité en éprouve un dommage, je ne dois pas m’irriter contre celui qui l’a causé, mais lui montrer son erreur.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-05.txt, l. 87
Quand une chose n’est pas nuisible à la cité, elle ne peut pas non plus nuire au citoyen. En toute circonstance, pour juger si tu as éprouvé quelque dommage, applique-toi cette règle : « Si l’État n’éprouve aucun tort, moi non plus, je n’en éprouve aucun. » Si au contraire l’État est lésé, il n’y a point à s’emporter inutilement contre le coupable ; mais il faut se demander : « En quoi a-t-il manqué au devoir ? »
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-05.txt, l. 106
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, 22
- Short form — small widget and Lock Screen
- — MEDITATIONS V, 22
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
- V·22
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