# de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum 4.42

Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, urn:cts:latinLit:phi0474.phi048.perseus-lat2, Book 4. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/cicero/de-finibus-bonorum-et-malorum/4.42

ut quidam philosophi, cum a sensibus profecti maiora quaedam et diviniora vidissent, sensus reliquerunt, sic isti, cum ex appetitione rerum virtutis pulchritudinem aspexissent, omnia, quae praeter virtutem ipsam viderant, abiecerunt obliti naturam omnem appetendarum rerum ita late patere, ut a principiis permanaret ad fines, neque intellegunt se rerum illarum pulchrarum atque admirabilium fundamenta subducere.

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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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