Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has its roots in a work of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2,000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the less common Latin words, "consectetur," in a Lorem Ipsum passage and, by checking citations of the word in classical literature, discovered its undisputed origin. Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of Cicero's "De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" (On the Limits of Good and Evil), 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.