To Florus 2.102
Consequently, if truth still has any place in human affairs, and the whole world has not been utterly deafened by the uproar of injustice, it will acknowledge that reason, argument, the apostle’s faith, and his own statement as witness have fully demonstrated this: the distance between advocates of inherited sin and catholics is as great as that between Paul and Mani, between wisdom and foolishness, between reason and insanity, between consistent statements and the fluctuation you endure with extraordinary disgrace. Almost in the same lines, you deny what you said and affirm what you denied.
Latin
Ac per hoc, si quem in rebus adhuc humanis locum veritas habet et non strepitu iniquitatis totus omnino mundus obsurduit, ratione, disputatione et Apostoli fide atque ipsa eius sententia teste perdoctum esse fatebitur inter Traducianos et Catholicos tantum esse discrimen, quantum inter Paulum et Manichaeum, quantum inter sapientiam et stultitiam, quantum inter rationem et insaniam, quantum inter constantiam dictorum et eam fluctuationem, quam nova foeditate perpeteris, ut in iisdem pene versibus quod dixeris neges, quod negaveris asseveres.
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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