Meditations · Book VIII
Meditations, VIII, 30
Chapter 30 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
Speak both in the senate and to every man, whoever he may be, appropriately, not with any affectation: use plain discourse.
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, VIII, 30
After Long, 1862 — modernized.
On the widgets
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The whole chapter in Long’s 1862 edition
Speak both in the senate and to every man, whoever he may be, appropriately, not with any affectation: use plain discourse.
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 5148
In French
Si tu adresses la parole au Sénat ou à qui que ce soit, fais-le avec modestie et netteté, parle un langage sain.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-08.txt, l. 125
Parler, soit dans le Sénat, soit à une personne quelle qu’elle puisse être, avec douceur et sans éclat de voix ; avoir un langage parfaitement sain et mesuré.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-08.txt, l. 119
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, VIII, 30
- Short form — small widget and Lock Screen
- — MEDITATIONS VIII, 30
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
- VIII·30
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