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Summum
bonum in ipso iudicio est et habitu optimae mentis,
quae eum cursum1 suum implevit et finibus se suis
cinxit, consummatum est summum bonum nec quicquam amplius desiderat ; nihil enim extra totum est,
non magis quam ultra finem. Itaque erras, cum interrogas, quid sit illud, propter quod virtutem petam;
1 cursum supplied by Hermes after Schultess.
L. Annaeus Seneca. Moral Essays: volume 2. John W. Basore. London and New York. Heinemann. 1932.
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