Meditations · Book IX
Meditations, IX, 12
Chapter 12 of Book IX 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
Labor not as one who is wretched, nor yet as one who would be pitied or admired; but direct thy will to one thing only--to put thyself in motion and to check thyself, as the social reason requires.
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, IX, 12
After Long, 1862 — modernized.
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The whole chapter in Long’s 1862 edition
Labor not as one who is wretched, nor yet as one who would be pitied or admired; but direct thy will to one thing only—to put thyself in motion and to check thyself, as the social reason requires.
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 5582
In French
Travaille, non comme un malheureux, non pour te faire plaindre ou admirer. N’aie point d’autre volonté que d’agir ou de te contenir comme la raison l’exige pour le service de la cité.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-09.txt, l. 51
Travaille sans cesse, non pas avec la persuasion que c’est un malheur pour toi de travailler, ni avec le désir qu’on te plaigne ou qu’on t’admire, mais soutenu par cette seule volonté de toujours agir ou de suspendre ton activité, de la manière que le veut la raison dans l’intérêt de la cité dont tu fais partie.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-09.txt, l. 57
How to cite
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- Full form — full screen and large widgets
- — MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, IX, 12
- Short form — small widget and Lock Screen
- — MEDITATIONS IX, 12
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
- IX·12
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