Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum
is not simply random text. It has
roots in a piece of classical Latin
literature from 45 BC, making it over
2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a
Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in
Virginia, looked up one of the more
obscure Latin words, consectetur, from
a Lorem Ipsum passage, and
going through the cites of the word in
classical literature, discovered the
undoubtable source. Lorem Ipsum comes
from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of
"de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" (The
Extremes of Good and Evil)
by Cicero, written in 45 BC.
This book is a treatise on the
theory of ethics, very popular during
the Renaissance. The first line of
Lorem Ipsum, "Lorem ipsum dolor
sit amet..", comes from a line
in section 1.10.32.