Meditations · Book VI
Meditations, VI, 29
Chapter 29 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
It is a shame for the soul to be first to give way in this life, when thy body does not give way.
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, VI, 29
After Long, 1862 — modernized.
On the widgets
It is a shame for the soul to be first to give way in this life, when thy body does not give way.
— MEDITATIONS VI, 29
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
It is a shame for the soul to be first to give way in this life, when thy body does not give way.
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 4089
In French
Il est honteux que, dans cette vie où mon corps ne se refuse pas à son office, mon âme renonce la première au sien.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-06.txt, l. 115
C’est une honte que, dans cette existence où ton corps ne t’a point manqué et ne t’a point refusé son service, ton âme ait été la première à te manquer.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-06.txt, l. 128
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, 29
- Short form — small widget and Lock Screen
- — MEDITATIONS VI, 29
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
- VI·29
This passage and the 165 other Marcus Aurelius passages are free in Stoïque, with their reference, on the Home Screen and the Lock Screen.