To Florus 3.60
Produce, then, at least one pronouncement of the law against the great authority of the witnesses we have brought forward, against manifest justice and clear reason—a pronouncement through which you can show you were deceived. I add that last phrase because even if some passage seemed, through ambiguous wording, to indicate such a thing, the brilliance and teaching of other pronouncements would compel it to be explained in a way consistent with justice.
Latin
Unam ergo saltem contra tantam a nobis productorum testium dignitatem, contra iustitiam manifestam, contra perspicuam rationem legis ede sententiam, per quam te ostendas fuisse deceptum; quod ideo addidi, quia, etiamsi esset, quae tale aliquid ambiguitate verborum putaretur ostendere, aliarum tamen sententiarum splendore et magisterio ita, ut iustitiae congruebat, cogebatur exponi.
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)
This is an AI-assisted study translation. Source fidelity and completeness have not been independently certified. Open Latin on each section (or the Latin source witness link) for the source text. This is not a complete critical edition.