Octavius 36.6

Minucius Felix · Octavius · ca. 197–250 · Rome · Read in context

Summary: Life's journey is easier without the weight of wealth.

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Latin text · CSEL 2:51

igitur ut qui uiam terit, eo felicior quo leuior incedit, ita beatior in hoc itinere uiuendi, qui paupertate se subleuat, non sub diuitiarum onere suspirat.

English · Claude translation

So, as one who travels a road is happier the lighter he walks, so in this journey of life he is more blessed who lightens himself by poverty and does not groan under the burden of riches.

About this passage

Source: CSEL 2:51 · Karl Halm, ed., M. Minucii Felicis Octavius; Iulii Firmici Materni Liber de errore profanarum religionum, CSEL 2 (Vienna: Gerold, 1867), 1–56 · Latin text: K. Halm (CSEL 2, 1867), digitized by Open Greek and Latin, University of Leipzig (csel-dev), CC BY-SA 4.0
Text: As printed in CSEL 2. Manuscript variants and the editor's apparatus are not reproduced; no textual problem is noted in this passage.
Translation: Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 · Translated by Claude from the Latin text of CSEL 2; made independently of existing English translations.
Compare: Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 4 (1885) (an older public-domain English translation, whole volume at CCEL; checked against ours only after ours was made) · Divided there by chapter only.
Topics: Ethics

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Minucius Felix, Oct. 36.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/minucius-octavius/36/6/).

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Minucius Felix, Oct. 36.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/minucius-octavius/36/6/).

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