Meditations · Book VI
Meditations, VI, 52
Chapter 52 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
We are free to hold no opinion about a thing, and to keep our soul undisturbed; things by themselves have no natural power to shape our judgments.
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, VI, 52
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
It is in our power to have no opinion about a thing, and not to be disturbed in our soul; for things themselves have no natural power to form our judgments.
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 4298
In French
Il m’est possible de ne porter aucun jugement sur cette chose, et de n’en pas troubler mon âme. Les choses ne sont pas d’une nature telle qu’elles nous imposent nos jugements.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-06.txt, l. 207
Il m’est possible de m’abstenir de tout jugement sur une chose, et de faire qu’elle ne trouble point mon âme ; car les choses ne sont pas par elles-mêmes de nature à pouvoir former nos jugements.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-06.txt, l. 254
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, 52
- Short form — small widget and Lock Screen
- — MEDITATIONS VI, 52
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
- VI·52
This passage and the 165 other Marcus Aurelius passages are free in Stoïque, with their reference, on the Home Screen and the Lock Screen.