Direct quotation
Against Julian 4.13.62
I ask modest ears to forgive me, and to share my distress rather than be indignant at my necessity.
If the male organ could move before, then sin introduced nothing new.
Latin
petis ut ignoscant verecundae aures, et congemiscant potius, quam indignentur necessitati tuae
Sed si poterat - inquis - virile membrum et antea moveri, nihil ergo novitatis invexit delictum
dedicative
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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