Meditations · Book VII
Meditations, VII, 6
Chapter 6 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
How many after being celebrated by fame have been given up to oblivion; and how many who have celebrated the fame of others have long been dead.
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, VII, 6
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
How many after being celebrated by fame have been given up to oblivion; and how many who have celebrated the fame of others have long been dead.
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 4375
In French
Combien de personnages sont déjà tombés dans l’oubli, après avoir été célébrés par d’autres, et combien parmi ceux qui les ont célébrés ont depuis longtemps disparu !
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-07.txt, l. 24
Combien d’hommes jadis célèbres dans la terre entière sont déjà livrés à l’oubli ! Combien de gens qui les ont célébrés sont depuis longtemps disparus !
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-07.txt, l. 23
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, 6
- Short form — small widget and Lock Screen
- — MEDITATIONS VII, 6
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
- VII·6
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