Meditations · Book IX
Meditations, IX, 5
Chapter 5 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 often acts unjustly who does not do a certain thing; not only he who does a certain thing.
— MARCUS AURELIUS · MEDITATIONS, IX, 5
After Long, 1862 — modernized.
On the widgets
He often acts unjustly who does not do a certain thing; not only he who does a certain thing.
— MEDITATIONS IX, 5
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 often acts unjustly who does not do a certain thing; not only he who does a certain thing.
Source: Project Gutenberg · corpus/sources/marcus-aurelius-meditations-long-1862.txt, l. 5520
In French
On est injuste souvent par ce que l’on ne fait pas autant que par ce que l’on fait.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-couat-1904/livre-09.txt, l. 23
Bien souvent on se rend coupable en négligeant d’agir, et non pas seulement en agissant.
Source: Wikisource · corpus/sources/fr/marcus-aurelius-pensees-barthelemy-1876/livre-09.txt, l. 25
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, 5
- Short form — small widget and Lock Screen
- — MEDITATIONS IX, 5
- Minimal form — circular Lock Screen widget
- IX·5
This passage and the 165 other Marcus Aurelius passages are free in Stoïque, with their reference, on the Home Screen and the Lock Screen.