Meditations · Book VII
Meditations, VII, 69
Chapter 69 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
The perfection of moral character consists in this, in passing every day as the last, and in being neither violently excited nor torpid nor playing the hypocrite.
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, VII, 69
After Long, 1862 — modernized.
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The whole chapter in Long’s 1862 edition
The perfection of moral character consists in this, in passing every day as the last, and in being neither violently excited nor torpid nor playing the hypocrite.
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 4815
In French
Vivre chaque jour comme s’il était le dernier, sans agitation, sans torpeur, sans dissimulation, voilà en quoi consiste la perfection morale.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-07.txt, l. 286
La perfection de la conduite consiste à employer chaque jour que nous vivons comme si c’était le dernier, et à n’avoir jamais ni impatience, ni langueur, ni fausseté.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-07.txt, l. 309
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, 69
- Short form — small widget and Lock Screen
- — MEDITATIONS VII, 69
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
- VII·69
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