Meditations · Book VII
Meditations, VII, 74
Chapter 74 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
No man is tired of receiving what is useful. But it is useful to act according to nature. Do not then be tired of receiving what is useful by doing it to others.
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, VII, 74
After Long, 1862 — modernized.
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The whole chapter in Long’s 1862 edition
No man is tired of receiving what is useful. But it is useful to act according to nature. Do not then be tired of receiving what is useful by doing it to others.
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 4837
In French
Personne ne se lasse de ce qui lui est utile. Or, agir conformément à la nature nous est utile. Ne te lasse donc pas de t’être utile à toi-même, en étant utile aux autres.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-07.txt, l. 306
On ne se lasse jamais de recevoir des services ; or le service que nous pouvons nous rendre à nous-mêmes, c’est d’agir conformément à la nature. Ne te lasse donc pas de te faire du bien à toi-même en en faisant à autrui.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-07.txt, l. 329
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, 74
- Short form — small widget and Lock Screen
- — MEDITATIONS VII, 74
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
- VII·74
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