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The Latin of that phrase is: ... in luminis erigit oras. Luminis is what it looked like: light (> luminous) Interestingly, here's the dictionary entry for ora: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/h…99.04.0059%3Aentry%3Dora1 See especially: 2. Poet.: luminis orae, the world, the earth, life, light And http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/h…99.04.0060%3Aentry%3Dora1 An interesting turn of phrase. Loeb: Lifts it into the precincts of light. Stallings: lifts them up into the boundaries of light.

(Quote from Cassius) This line is translated at the Perseus Project as "What the true end of getting is" so your hunch Cassius may be right. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/h…%3Abook%3D5%3Acard%3D1416 The Latin seems to be: ni mirum quia non cognovit quae sit habendi finis et omnino quoad crescat vera voluptas; which the clunky Google translate gives as: had not the marvel that he did not know what it is to be held may increase at all in respect to the end and the true pleasure; The pertinent word …

In PD3 the "limit" word is ὅρος: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/h…1999.04.0057:entry=o(/ros when the "boundary stone" connotation.

Hey! Check this out. If you follow the link for the Latin Word Study tool for finis, look what you find: a boundary, limit, border, = terminus, ὅρος. The VERY Greek word in PD3 !

LOL. Well, just look a little further down those definitions for finis (of which finibus is indeed the root): http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/h…9.04.0059%3Aentry%3Dfinis "An end, purpose, aim, object (but an end subjectively regarded, as an intention, or design, is propositum, consilium, mens, etc.)"

(Quote from Don) So, it appears the connotation of finis, according to that parenthetical statement, is as an **objective** end or purpose. If Cicero wanted a *subjective* end, he would have used propositum, consilium, or mens. I think the limit "boundary-stone" idea and the limit "end/purpose" idea are not as far apart as might seem. Both are a goal of sorts, something to which one can aim or travel to. Once you get there, to the boundary-stone or the end/purpose/aim, there's no need to go furt…

The sage will be fond of the countryside, enjoying being outside the towns and cities. (DL X.120, my translation) Hicks: He will be fond of the country. Yonge: He will like being in the country, I think it's wonderful that this characteristic is a single word in the original: φιλαγρήσειν "They will love the ἀγρός "fields, land, country as opposed to the town."" https://sites.google.com/view/epicureansage/living-unknown

(Quote from Cassius) Total self-promotion I need to go back and update some commentary on that page but still stand by the majority of it all.