Lorem Ipsum is of course classical Latin. Anyone who has done any kind of online publishing will have encountered the ubiquitous Latin quotation. Since the 1960s Lorem Ipsum has been used as place holder text in first traditional publishing, then later in online publishing, so that actual content won’t be distracting when presenting examples of how a layout will look. It is dummy text, used as a generic placeholder.
What does it actually mean? Well, actually, it means nothing. Although based on a section of text in Marcus Tullius Cicero’s ( 106-43 BC) De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum (On The Ends Of Good And Evil), his great philosophical treatise on Epicureanism, Stoicism and Platonism, the text has been jumbled and many words turned into a kind of mock Latin.
The text appears In Liber 1, Section 32 of De Finibus;
Nemo enim ipsam voluptatem, quia voluptas sit, aspernatur aut odit aut fugit, sed quia consequuntur magni dolores eos, qui ratione voluptatem sequi nesciunt, neque porro quisquam est, qui dolorem ipsum, quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit, sed quia non numquam eius modi tempora incidunt, ut labore et dolore magnam aliquam quaerat voluptatem. Ut enim ad minima veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequatur? Quis autem vel eum iure reprehenderit, qui in ea voluptate velit esse, quam nihil molestiae consequatur, vel illum, qui dolorem eum fugiat, quo voluptas nulla pariatur?
At vero eos et accusamus et iusto odio dignissimos ducimus, qui blanditiis praesentium voluptatum deleniti atque corrupti, quos dolores et quas molestias excepturi sint, obcaecati cupiditate non provident, similique sunt in culpa, qui officia deserunt mollitia animi, id est laborum et dolorum fuga.
translated this reads,
No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter consequences that are extremely painful. Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure. To take a trivial example, which of us ever undertakes laborious physical exercise, except to obtain some advantage from it? But who has any right to find fault with a man who chooses to enjoy a pleasure that has no annoying consequences, or one who avoids a pain that produces no resultant pleasure?
On the other hand, we denounce with righteous indignation and dislike men who are so beguiled and demoralized by the charms of pleasure of the moment, so blinded by desire, that they cannot foresee the pain and trouble that are bound to ensue; and equal blame belongs to those who fail in their duty through weakness of will, which is the same as saying through shrinking from toil and pain.
Used in Letraset typography example and transfer sheets in the 60s and 70s, then in the first desktop publishing programs in the 80s, various words have been shortened or altered, and some phrase removed to create the most common Lorem Ipsum we know today.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
We will be important, interesting, but because occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great. To take a trivial example, which of us ever undertakes laborious physical exercise, except to obtain some advantage from it. We currently have in the train comes to find fault with that produces no resultant pleasure is to be online applications. These cases are perfectly account of the system, they are at fault what workshop to leave softens recommend you.
From the complex meaning of Cicero’s considered examination of good and evil, pleasure and pain, transformed through nonsense, a quick online translation results in what could be considered a slightly gibbered motto, a Babelous philosophy suitable for our slightly garbled times.
