Meditations · Book VI
Meditations, VI, 22
Chapter 22 of Book VI 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
I do my duty: other things trouble me not; for they are either things without life, or things without reason, or things that have rambled and know not the way.
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, VI, 22
After Long, 1862 — modernized.
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The whole chapter in Long’s 1862 edition
I do my duty: other things trouble me not; for they are either things without life, or things without reason, or things that have rambled and know not the way.
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 4044
In French
Moi, je fais mon devoir ; qui pourrait m’en distraire ? des choses sans vie, ou des êtres sans raison, ou sans direction, qui ne connaissent pas leur route ?
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-06.txt, l. 87
En ce qui me concerne, j’accomplis le devoir qui m’est imposé ; et quant au reste des êtres, ils ne me préoccupent point ; car, ou bien ce sont des choses sans vie et des êtres qui ne sont pas doués de raison ; ou bien, ce sont des hommes qui s’égarent et méconnaissent la voie qu’il faut suivre.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-06.txt, l. 100
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, VI, 22
- Short form — small widget and Lock Screen
- — MEDITATIONS VI, 22
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
- VI·22
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