To Florus · §5.36 · Julian of Eclanum

To Florus 5.36

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You have therefore supplied a nature for even the first evil, emptier than Mani’s, but equally eternal. There is no need to fight further about this. It is entirely clear that a pact remains between you, bound by the chain of natural and eternal evil.

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Dedisti igitur et primi naturam mali, sed inaniorem quam Manichaeus, aeque tamen aeternam. Pugnandum super hoc non est; claret omnino quia maneat inter vos foedus, quod naturalis mali et aeterni mali catena connectit.