Meditations · Book IX
Meditations, IX, 17
Chapter 17 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
For the stone which has been thrown up it is no evil to come down, nor indeed any good to have been carried up.
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, IX, 17
After Long, 1862 — modernized.
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The whole chapter in Long’s 1862 edition
For the stone which has been thrown up it is no evil to come down, nor indeed any good to have been carried up (viii. 20).
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 5604
In French
Lancez une pierre ; elle ne sent pas plus de mal à tomber que de bien à monter.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-09.txt, l. 71
Pour le caillou qu’on lance en l’air, il n’y a pas plus de mal à redescendre qu’il n’y avait de bien à monter.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-09.txt, l. 77
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, IX, 17
- Short form — small widget and Lock Screen
- — MEDITATIONS IX, 17
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
- IX·17
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