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Quandoquidem nulla eſt homini cauſa philoſophandi, niſi vt beatus ſit; quod autem beatum facit, ipſe eſt finis boni; nulla eſt igitur cauſa philoſophandi, niſi finis boni: quamobrem quæ nullum boni finem ſectatur, nulla philosophiæ ſecta dicenda eſt.

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Since there is no reason for man to philosophize, except that he may be happy; But that which makes one happy is itself the end of good. Therefore, there is no reason for philosophizing except the end of good: wherefore that which pursues no end of good is not to be called "pursuit of philosophy".

Author

Augustinus, Aurelius

Reference

Augustinus, Aurelius: De Civitate Dei, Liber XIX,1,3
[In: S. Avrelii Avgvstini Hipponensis episcopi Opera tomis vndecim comprehensa (Tomus 5: De Civitate Dei), col. 1289]

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