Meditations · Book VII
Meditations, VII, 37
Chapter 37 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
It is a base thing for the countenance to be obedient and to regulate and compose itself as the mind commands, and for the mind not to be regulated and composed by itself.
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, VII, 37
After Long, 1862 — modernized.
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The whole chapter in Long’s 1862 edition
It is a base thing for the countenance to be obedient and to regulate and compose itself as the mind commands, and for the mind not to be regulated and composed by itself.
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 4557
In French
Il est honteux que le visage obéisse à la pensée, se compose et s’arrange comme elle le veut, tandis qu’elle ne peut pas se composer et s’arranger elle-même.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-07.txt, l. 154
Il est assez honteux que notre visage nous obéisse docilement, qu’il prenne l’air que nous lui donnons, qu’il réponde si bien aux ordres de notre volonté, et que notre volonté sache si peu s’obéir à elle-même et se composer à son gré.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-07.txt, l. 161
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, 37
- Short form — small widget and Lock Screen
- — MEDITATIONS VII, 37
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
- VII·37
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