To Florus 2.177
What one person does and directs toward others cannot truthfully be described as something they all did. Either it passed to them and they themselves did not sin; or they themselves sinned—a phrase expressing the activity of doing something—and it passed to them only through imitation.
Latin
Quod enim unus facit et ad alios dirigit, non vere hoc omnes fecisse dicuntur; aut enim pertransiit ad eos et ipsi non peccaverunt aut ipsi peccaverunt, quo sermone negotium operationis exprimitur, et ad eos non pertransiit nisi imitatione sola.
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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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