MARCUS: There is naturally in our minds a quite insatiable longing to discover truth.
[Natura inest in mentibus nostris insatiabilis quaedam cupiditas veri.]
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Tusculan Disputations [Tusculanae Disputationes], Book 1, ch. 19 (1.19.) / sec. 44 (1.44) (45 BC) [tr. Douglas (1985)]
(Source)
On how the soul, after death, will find happiness in contemplation of the universe.
(Source (Latin)). Other translations:Our minds have naturally inplanted in them, an insatiable longing to come at the sight of Truth.
[tr. Wase (1643)]There is naturally in our minds a certain insatiable desire of seeing truth.
[tr. Main (1824)]By nature there exists in our minds a sort of insatiable thirst of seeing the truth.
[tr. Otis (1839)]There is naturally in our minds a certain insatiable desire to know the truth.
[tr. Yonge (1853)]There is in our minds an insatiable desire to behold the truth.
[tr. Peabody (1886)]There is naturally implanted in all minds the insatiable desire of being face to face with what is true.
[tr. Black (1889)]Nature has implanted in our minds a certain insatiable desire to behold the truth.
[ed. Harbottle (1897)]Our minds by nature have an insatiable longing to see the truth.
[tr. Habinek (1996)]There exists naturally in our minds a positively insatiable longing to discover the truth.
[tr. Davie (2017)]

