Meditations · Book V
Meditations, V, 24
Chapter 24 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
Think of the universal substance, of which thou hast a very small portion; and of universal time, of which a short and indivisible interval has been assigned to thee; and of that which is fixed by destiny, and how small a part of it thou art.
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, V, 24
After Long, 1862 — modernized.
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The whole chapter in Long’s 1862 edition
Think of the universal substance, of which thou hast a very small portion; and of universal time, of which a short and indivisible interval has been assigned to thee; and of that which is fixed by destiny, and how small a part of it thou art.
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 3737
In French
Pense à la matière totale, dont tu as reçu une parcelle ; à la durée tout entière, dont un court et un imperceptible intervalle t’a été attribué ; à la destinée dont tu es une partie, combien petite !
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-05.txt, l. 95
Pense à la totalité de l’être, dont tu n’es qu’une si faible portion ; à la totalité du temps, dont un intervalle si étroit et si imperceptible t’a été accordé. Songe à la destinée tout entière, dont tu es une part. Et quelle part !
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-05.txt, l. 114
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, 24
- Short form — small widget and Lock Screen
- — MEDITATIONS V, 24
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
- V·24
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