Meditations · Book IX
Meditations, IX, 33
Chapter 33 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
All that thou seest will quickly perish, and those who have been spectators of its dissolution will very soon perish too. And he who dies at the extremest old age will be brought into the same condition with him who died prematurely.
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, IX, 33
After Long, 1862 — modernized.
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The whole chapter in Long’s 1862 edition
All that thou seest will quickly perish, and those who have been spectators of its dissolution will very soon perish too. And he who dies at the extremest old age will be brought into the same condition with him who died prematurely.
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 5734
In French
Toutes les choses que tu vois périront bientôt et ceux qui les auront vues périr périront bientôt à leur tour. L’homme mort à l’extrême vieillesse en sera au même point que celui dont la mort aura été prématurée.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-09.txt, l. 137
Tout ce que tu vois sera détruit dans un instant, et ceux aussi qui observent cette destruction inévitable seront eux-mêmes non moins vite détruits. On a beau mourir dans la plus extrême vieillesse, on en est au même point que celui qui a trouvé la mort la plus prématurée.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-09.txt, l. 141
How to cite
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- — MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, IX, 33
- Short form — small widget and Lock Screen
- — MEDITATIONS IX, 33
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
- IX·33
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