# de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum 5.51

Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, urn:cts:latinLit:phi0474.phi048.perseus-lat2, Book 5. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/cicero/de-finibus-bonorum-et-malorum/5.51

Sed quid attinet de rebus tam apertis plura requirere? ipsi enim quaeramus a nobis stellarum motus contemplationesque rerum caelestium eorumque omnium, quae naturae obscuritate occultantur, cognitiones quem ad modum nos moveant, et quid historia delectet, quam solemus persequi usque ad extremum, cum praetermissa repetimus, inchoata persequimur. nec vero sum nescius esse utilitatem in historia, non modo voluptatem.

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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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