# Tusculanae Disputationes 1.36

Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, urn:cts:latinLit:phi0474.phi049.perseus-lat2, Book 1. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/cicero/tusculanae-disputationes/1.36

Sed ut deos esse natura opinamur, qualesque sint, ratione cognoscimus, sic permanere animos arbitramur consensu nationum omnium, qua in sede maneant qualesque sint, ratione discendum est. cuius ignoratio finxit inferos easque formidines, quas tu contemnere non sine causa videbare. in terram enim cadentibus corporibus isque humo tectis, e quo dictum est humari, sub terra censebant reliquam vitam agi mortuorum; quam eorum opinionem magni errores consecuti sunt, quos auxerunt poëtae.

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Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, ed. Max Pohlenz. 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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