Meditations · Book IX
Meditations, IX, 4
Chapter 4 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
He who does wrong does wrong against himself. He who acts unjustly acts unjustly to himself, because he makes himself bad.
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, IX, 4
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
He who does wrong does wrong against himself. He who acts unjustly acts unjustly to himself, because he makes himself bad.
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 5517
In French
Celui qui commet une faute la commet contre lui-même, celui qui commet une injustice la commet contre lui-même en se rendant méchant.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-09.txt, l. 19
Quand on fait une faute contre quelqu’un, on en commet une aussi contre soi-même ; en faisant tort à autrui, on se fait en même temps un tort personnel, puisqu’on se pervertit.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-09.txt, l. 21
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, 4
- Short form — small widget and Lock Screen
- — MEDITATIONS IX, 4
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
- IX·4
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