Meditations · Book VII
Meditations, VII, 8
Chapter 8 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
Do not let future things disturb you. You will come to them, if you must, carrying the same reason you now use for the present.
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, VII, 8
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
Let not future things disturb thee, for thou wilt come to them, if it shall be necessary, having with thee the same reason which now thou usest for present things.
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 4384
In French
Ne t’inquiète pas de l’avenir ; tu y arriveras, s’il le faut, portant avec toi cette même raison dont tu te sers pour le présent.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-07.txt, l. 32
Que l’avenir ne te trouble pas ; tu l’aborderas, s’il le faut, en portant dans tout ce qu’il te réserve cette même raison qui t’éclaire sur les choses du moment.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-07.txt, l. 31
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, 8
- Short form — small widget and Lock Screen
- — MEDITATIONS VII, 8
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
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