Meditations · Book VIII
Meditations, VIII, 55
Chapter 55 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
Generally, wickedness does no harm at all to the universe; and particularly the wickedness of one man does no harm to another. It is only harmful to him who has it in his power to be released from it as soon as he shall choose.
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, VIII, 55
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
Generally, wickedness does no harm at all to the universe; and particularly the wickedness of one man does no harm to another. It is only harmful to him who has it in his power to be released from it as soon as he shall choose.
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 5369
In French
Pas plus que le vice en général ne fait de mal à l’univers, le vice d’un individu ne peut nuire à un autre. Il ne peut nuire, en effet, qu’à celui à qui a été donné le pouvoir de s’en délivrer dès qu’il le voudra.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-08.txt, l. 233
Considéré d’une façon générale, le vice ne peut pas nuire au monde ; considéré dans un individu séparé, il ne nuit pas à autrui ; mais il est exclusivement nuisible à l’être même, qui d’ailleurs a la possibilité d’en être délivré, pourvu que d’abord ce soit lui qui le veuille.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-08.txt, l. 221
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, 55
- Short form — small widget and Lock Screen
- — MEDITATIONS VIII, 55
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
- VIII·55
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