To Florus 1.43
that you will never accept the judgments of the learned. You will add that the apostle said, in the sense your understanding gives it, that “God has made the wisdom of the world foolish” (1 Corinthians 1:20). You can therefore safely despise our debaters, you will say, because no authority of theirs weighs upon you.
Latin
Nequaquam te acquiescere eruditorum sententiis, ut addas, secundum quod intellectui tuo congruit dixisse Apostolum, quia stultam fecit Deus sapientiam mundi [n39] ; disputatores vero nostros sine metu a te posse despici, quod nulla auctoritate talium premaris.
About this text
Julian’s six preserved books to Florus, quoted section by section in Augustine’s unfinished reply. Augustine’s refutations are omitted. Latin of Julian’s words is on each section.
Julian’s own books do not survive as a separate manuscript. English follows his words as Augustine quotes them in the Unfinished Work Against Julian. Augustine’s replies are omitted. We do not restore a Julian text independent of Augustine.
Witnesses
- Copy-text Augustine, Unfinished Work Against Julian (Latin · Julian’s words as quoted, Books 1–6)
- Checked print Augustinus.it Latin of the Unfinished Work (Latin · Same work)
- Checked print Migne PL 45 (Latin · Hard cases)
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