Direct quotation
Against Julian 3.12.24
Even if the devil created human beings, they would be evil through no fault of their own. So they would no longer be evil at all: no one can be anything other than what they were born to be, and it is not just to demand more from someone than they can do.
Latin
Etiamsi diabolus crearet homines, nulla culpa sua mali essent; et ideo iam nec mali essent, quia esse quisquam nisi quod natus est, non potest, nec ab eo iustum est aliquid amplius flagitare quam potest
About this text
Earlier four-book work to Turbantius, surviving as excerpts arranged by Augustine’s witness. Latin source text is on each section when recovered.
English follows Julian’s words as Augustine excerpts them in Against Julian. This is not a recovered complete To Turbantius.
Witnesses
- Copy-text Augustine, Against Julian (Latin · Excerpts arranged by Augustine’s books)
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