Meditations · Book VII
Meditations, VII, 21
Chapter 21 of Book VII 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
Soon you will forget all things; soon all will forget you.
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, VII, 21
After Long, 1862 — modernized.
On the widgets
Soon you will forget all things; soon all will forget you.
— MEDITATIONS VII, 21
Soon you will forget all things; soon all will forget you.
— MEDITATIONS VII, 21
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
Near is thy forgetfulness of all things; and near the forgetfulness of thee by all.
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 4468
In French
Bientôt, tu auras tout oublié ; bientôt aussi, tu seras oublié de tout.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-07.txt, l. 90
Tu es bien près de tout oublier ; et tout est bien près de te rendre un égal oubli.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-07.txt, l. 83
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, VII, 21
- Short form — small widget and Lock Screen
- — MEDITATIONS VII, 21
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
- VII·21
This passage and the 165 other Marcus Aurelius passages are free in Stoïque, with their reference, on the Home Screen and the Lock Screen.