Meditations · Book VIII
Meditations, VIII, 18
Chapter 18 of Book VIII 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
That which has died falls not out of the universe. If it stays here, it also changes here, and is dissolved into its proper parts, which are elements of the universe and of thyself. And these too change, and they murmur not.
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, VIII, 18
After Long, 1862 — modernized.
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The whole chapter in Long’s 1862 edition
That which has died falls not out of the universe. If it stays here, it also changes here, and is dissolved into its proper parts, which are elements of the universe and of thyself. And these too change, and they murmur not.
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 5069
In French
Ce qui est mort ne tombe pas hors de l’univers. S’il y reste, c’est pour [y] changer et se dissoudre en ses parties, éléments qui composent l’univers et toi-même. Ces éléments eux-mêmes changent et ne murmurent pas.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-08.txt, l. 71
Ce qui meurt dans le monde n’en sort pas pour cela. Il y demeure, et il y subit certains changements, se dissolvant dans ses éléments propres, qui sont ceux de l’univers et les tiens. Ces éléments eux-mêmes changent encore, et ils ne s’en plaignent pas.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-08.txt, l. 71
How to cite
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- Full form — full screen and large widgets
- — MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, VIII, 18
- Short form — small widget and Lock Screen
- — MEDITATIONS VIII, 18
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
- VIII·18
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