# de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum 1.21

Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, urn:cts:latinLit:phi0474.phi048.perseus-lat2, Book 1. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/cicero/de-finibus-bonorum-et-malorum/1.21

ita, quae mutat, ea corrumpit, quae sequitur sunt tota Democriti, atomi, inane, imagines, quae εἴδωλα nominant, quorum incursione non solum videamus, sed etiam cogitemus; infinitio ipsa, quam ἀπειρίαν vocant, tota ab illo est, tum innumerabiles mundi, qui et oriantur et intereant cotidie. quae etsi mihi nullo modo probantur, tamen Democritum laudatum a ceteris ab hoc, qui eum unum secutus esset, nollem vituperatum.

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Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, ed. Theodor Schiche. Text: the Perseus Digital Library, canonical-latinLit, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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