Contrary to widespread opinion, the Lorem Ipsum is not just random text. It finds its roots in a work of classical Latin literature dating from 45 BC. BC, making it 2000 years old. A professor at Hampden-Sydney College, Virginia, was interested in one of the most obscure Latin words, consectetor, extracted from a passage from Lorem Ipsum, and by studying all the uses of this word in classical literature, found the undisputed source of Lorem Ipsum. It actually comes from Sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of De Finibus Bonorum and Malorum (Supreme Goods and Supreme Evils) of Cicero. This book, very popular during the Renaissance, is a treatise on the theory of ethics. The first lines of Lorem Ipsum