Meditations · Book VII
Meditations, VII, 28
Chapter 28 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
Retire into thyself. The rational principle which rules has this nature, that it is content with itself when it does what is just, and so secures tranquillity.
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, VII, 28
After Long, 1862 — modernized.
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The whole chapter in Long’s 1862 edition
Retire into thyself. The rational principle which rules has this nature, that it is content with itself when it does what is just, and so secures tranquillity.
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 4514
In French
Concentre-toi en toi-même ! La nature du principe raisonnable qui nous dirige est de se suffire à soi-même en agissant conformément à la justice, et d’y trouver la tranquillité.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-07.txt, l. 118
Replie-toi souvent sur toi-même ; car le principe raisonnable qui nous gouverne a cette nature spéciale de pouvoir se suffire absolument à lui seul, en pratiquant la justice, et de trouver dans cette vertu le repos qu’il cherche.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-07.txt, l. 111
How to cite
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- Full form — full screen and large widgets
- — MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, VII, 28
- Short form — small widget and Lock Screen
- — MEDITATIONS VII, 28
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
- VII·28
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