Against Julian 4.5.35

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Since we are composed of unequal goods, the soul ought to rule the body. We share the one with the gods and the other with beasts. Therefore the better part—the soul endowed with virtue—rightly commands both the body’s members and its desires.

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Quoniam ex imparibus bonis compositi sumus, animum corpori debere dominari: quorum alterum nobis cum diis, alterum cum belluis commemoras esse commune. Et ideo id quod est melius, id est, animum virtute praeditum - dicis - et membris corporis bene et cupiditatibus imperare?

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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.

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Copy-text Augustine, Against Julian (Latin · Excerpts arranged by Augustine’s books)

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