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Ac veteres quidem philosophi in beatorum insulis fingunt
qualis futura1 sit vita sapientium, quos cura omni
liberatos, nullum necessarium vitae cultum aut paratum2 requirentis, nihil aliud esse3 acturos putant, nisi
ut omne tempus inquirendo4 ac discendo in naturae
cognitione consumant. Nos autem non solum beatae
vitae istam esse oblectationem videmus, sed etiam levamentum
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miseriarum. itaque multi, cum in5 potestate
essent hostium aut tyrannorum, multi in custodia,
multi in exilio dolorem suum doctrinae studiis levaverunt.6
M. Tulli Ciceronis scripta quae manserunt omnia, fasc. 43. de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum. M. Tullius Cicero. Th. Schiche. Leipzig. Teubner. 1915.
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