Octavius 5.3

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

Summary: Many people, tired of searching, accept any opinion at random.

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Latin text · CSEL 2:7

quo minus mirum est nonnullos taedio inuestigandae penitus ueritatis cuilibet opinioni temere succumbere quam in explorando pertinaci diligentia perseuerare.

English · Claude translation

So it is the less surprising that some, out of weariness with searching thoroughly for the truth, rashly give in to any opinion whatever rather than persevere in investigating with persistent diligence.

About this passage

Source: CSEL 2:7 · 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.

Notes

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR: "a" for "u".): miram → mirum.

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Minucius Felix, Oct. 5.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/minucius-octavius/5/3/).

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Minucius Felix, Oct. 5.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/minucius-octavius/5/3/).

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