Meditations · Book VII
Meditations, VII, 56
Chapter 56 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
Consider thyself to be dead, and to have completed thy life up to the present time; and live according to nature the remainder which is allowed thee.
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, VII, 56
After Long, 1862 — modernized.
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The whole chapter in Long’s 1862 edition
Consider thyself to be dead, and to have completed thy life up to the present time; and live according to nature the remainder which is allowed thee.
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 4696
In French
Il faut, comme si l’on était mort, ou comme si l’on n’avait dû vivre que jusqu’au moment présent, vivre toujours le reste de notre existence comme par surcroît et conformément à la nature.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-07.txt, l. 234
Il faut vivre conformément à la nature le reste d’existence qui t’est laissé par grâce, comme si tu étais déjà mort, et que tu eusses vécu tout le temps qui t’a été accordé jusqu’aujourd’hui.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-07.txt, l. 257
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, 56
- Short form — small widget and Lock Screen
- — MEDITATIONS VII, 56
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
- VII·56
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